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In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

Bill Crawford

Want to change your experience of life? Change the problem to the practice field.
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Changing Life Practice Want
Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.
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Optimism People Uncertainty Worry
Diversity, or the state of being different, isn’t the same as inclusion. One is a description of what is, while the other describes a style of interaction essential to effective teams and organizations.
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Diversity Organization Team
Living exclusively in the land of the head or the heart will always be a limiting, limited experience. The most successful among us have dual citizenship.
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Heart Land Successful
When dealing with problems, seek not to “change” some aspect of your life but instead, choose who you want to become as a path to what you want. Transformation and healing then take place as a process of becoming versus avoiding.
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Healing Path Want
Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.
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Highest Important Purpose Sometimes
The past exists not as a factual recounting of what happened, but as an experience that we are constantly recreating in our mind which means we CAN change the past!
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Constantly Mean Mind Past
The key to being with family is to engage with those we love in a way we would teach to those we love.
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Keys Teach Way
There are two ways to look at most problems… ‘Oh Crap!’ or, ‘Good Information!,’ and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.
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Choices Giving Two
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
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
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Becoming Criticism Faces Inspire
You can’t ‘cope with’ change anymore than you can ‘manage’ stress.
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Change Manage Stress
We can’t always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!
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Choose Feels Ironically
Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
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Acceptance Precursor Serenity
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

In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

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In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

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