evidence: When things go wrong, our thoughts and feelings can be a lot like trains, and we can choose whether or not to "take a ride" on the events that happen in our heads. Sometimes a thought or an emotion takes us where we want to go, and other times we’d be better off waiting for the next one. [...] How can we strengthen our ability to let the unhealthy trains go? As Viktor Frankl said in Man’s Search for Meaning, "Between stimulus and response, there is a space. There’s evidence that being mindful increases our ability to choose wisely. When we’re mindful we bring our curiosity and openness to the present moment. We’re aware of what’s going on, both inside us and around us. We’re not sleepwalking. We can choose not to react automatically—mindlessly—to an event, a thought, or an emotion, but rather to observe things and choose if, and how, to respond.