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Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.

Bill Crawford

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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Enlightening Reflection World
Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.
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Inadequacy Loss Nothing Relationship
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
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
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
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
Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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Affected Define Term
Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
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Bad Fear Feel Feelings Good
Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.
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Belief Stress Worry
The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you’re right, you’re still left feeling indignant.
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Feelings Problems Righteous
Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.
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Creating Meaningful Past
To spank or not to spank isn’t the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?
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Kids Quality Teaching
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire.
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Coal Fire Hot
The most successful form of correction is when the “other” feels informed versus chastised.
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Feels Form Successful
Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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Issue Knowing Matters Sometimes
Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.
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Creating Missing Want

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