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When faced with conflicting thoughts and emotions, we must decide what to trust, what we fear, or what we know. What’s important is that this decision be made by the knowledgeable versus the anxious part of who we are.

Bill Crawford

Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
BILL CRAWFORD

Becoming Criticism Faces Inspire
Sleep is simply a chemical change in our brain and body (melatonin) – It?s not a place we go, it is a state of being that we fall into.
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Brain Change Chemical Fall Sleep
You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.
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Create Fighting Fire Happen
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.
BILL CRAWFORD

Action Forever Wise
The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life’s transitions that give us the opportunity to choose.
BILL CRAWFORD

Giving Opportunity Powerful
When faced with conflicting thoughts and emotions, we must decide what to trust, what we fear, or what we know. What’s important is that this decision be made by the knowledgeable versus the anxious part of who we are.
BILL CRAWFORD

Decision Faced Important
Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.
BILL CRAWFORD

Giving People Want
The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
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Blame Looks Mistakes
Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
BILL CRAWFORD

Important Issues Quality
One key to successful relationships is learning to say “no” without guilt, so that you can say “yes” without resentment.
BILL CRAWFORD

Guilt Keys Successful
Just because we have a thought, doesn’t mean it is a thought worth having.
BILL CRAWFORD

Having Mean Though Worth
The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
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Doing Done Nothing Problem
Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.
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Optimism Realistic Worst
The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
BILL CRAWFORD

Belief Validity Willingness
Children don’t know that they are lovable until they are loved. They need to see it in our eyes before they can accept it in their hearts.
BILL CRAWFORD

Children Eye Heart
We can’t always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!
BILL CRAWFORD

Choose Feels Ironically

When faced with conflicting thoughts and emotions, we must decide what to trust, what we fear, or what we know. What’s important is that this decision be made by the knowledgeable versus the anxious part of who we are.

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When faced with conflicting thoughts and emotions, we must decide what to trust, what we fear, or what we know. What’s important is that this decision be made by the knowledgeable versus the anxious part of who we are.

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