The tree does not know the leaves, flowers, and fruits that spring from its branches providing shade, fragrance, and food; even so, do all of these things grow.
The sage does not know the insights that flow from the heart of his mind; even so, does wisdom appear as a Light that grows into the Way... for those who can see.
Nothing knows, yet intelligence flows.
No psychological reaction is a call to action; it is merely a momentary manifestation, and therefore part of the revelation of the level of consciousness from out of which it has come. Each such negative reaction is meant to "die," having completed the purpose of its temporary existence. Otherwise our unconscious identification with these dark reactions turns them into the seeds that sow our next sorrow.
Being renewed by Life, and starting life all over are one and the same superior, interior action: it starts with becoming aware of, and then bringing a conscious end to any lingering relationship we may have with old thoughts and feelings that want us to keep seeing our life through their eyes.