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Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.

Bill Crawford

To truly be of service to others, we must first serve the server. The ability to bring an enlightened presence to those in need is the ability to light a candle without burning ourselves out.
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Burning Light Needs
Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another’s state of mind.
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Mind Problem Ties
You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.
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Create Fighting Fire Happen
Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.
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Happened Home Mind Peace
When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.
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Care Giving Quality
Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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Change Starting Stopping
Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.
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Chance Choices Meaning
Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
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Bad Fear Feel Feelings Good
True ‘magic’ is simply the ability to transcend what seems to be and, thus, transform one’s experience. Maybe we could all use a little ‘Harry Potter’ in our lives.
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Magic Potters Use
A process for discernment: God is my ultimate source of truth and wisdom, and dwells forever at the center of my being. Therefore, any thought, emotion, or action that takes me further from my center can be neither truthful, nor wise.
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Action Forever Wise
Freedom isn’t about having permission to do whatever we want… it’s about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning.
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Our Lives Permission Want
The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life’s transitions that give us the opportunity to choose.
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Giving Opportunity Powerful
The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
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Belief Validity Willingness
Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.
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Awareness Expectations Keys
Change isn’t always easy, but with purposeful practice, any old habit can be replaced with a way of being we would recommend to those we love.
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Old Habits Practice Way
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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Acceptance Hardest Validation

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