The Five Star Minute

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We've all experienced it. You're watching a film or television programme, struggling to hear the dialogue, so you gradually turn up the volume. Then the commercials arrive, and suddenly everything is ridiculously loud.

In Episode 299 of Five Star Minute, this familiar little annoyance becomes a reflection on how we respond to the world around us.

Just like adjusting the television volume, we're constantly adjusting our emotions, behaviour and energy to match our surroundings. Other people's stress becomes our stress. Their urgency becomes our urgency. Their opinions can suddenly demand our attention.

Adapting is part of being human, but perhaps we should be more conscious of what we're adapting to.

We can't always control the noise around us, but we can become more selective about how we respond.

Just because the world gets louder doesn't mean we have to turn ourselves up.