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Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.

Bill Crawford

Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
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Bad Fear Feel Feelings Good
Nothing is meaningless it’s how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.
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Determined Meaningless Past
How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
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Giving Jerk People
Many of us go from being taken care of as children to taking care of others as adults. Shouldn’t there be a time when we learn to take care of ourselves?
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Adults Children Taken
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents
To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind… Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.
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Aspect Mind People
The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.
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Brain Children Creative
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
You can’t ‘cope with’ change anymore than you can ‘manage’ stress.
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Change Manage Stress
To influence others, we must know what is influencing them… and they must know that we get it.
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Influence Knows Others People
When a loving, meaningful experience is our goal, we must trust an energy that is congruent with that goal as our guide along the way. Bottom line, trust love over fear if love is what you’re after.
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Goal Love Meaningful
But if your work is your art, a personal reflection of who you are, the only person who can do that better than you, is a future you.
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Art Better Future Persons Reflection
It’s not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.
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Determined Feels Simply
Selfish is caring for ourselves at others’ expense … Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.
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Care Caring Selfish
When we take no responsibility for any aspect of our past, we limit our ability to respond in the present and the future.
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Aspects Future Limits Past Responsibility
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

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