We give meaning to our life by what we choose to attend to during the day and . . . even during the night through what are called "lucid dreams." . . . Those who suffer . . . have often unknowingly given up their most precious gift. They have given away their choice of where and how to focus their attention and their God-given right to create the content of their consciousness. The result is a consciousness dominated by hurried reactive thoughts, past worries, and future fears.
— Paul Pearsall, Toxic Success