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Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.

Bill Crawford

When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Behavior People Want
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.
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Children Eye Heart
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents
The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
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Doing Done Nothing Problem
The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.
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Guilt Journey Life
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 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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Decision Faced Important
Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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Issue Knowing Matters Sometimes
Perspective is what allows us to step back and see the entire forest instead of just the same old tree we keep running into again and again.
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Perspective Running Tree
When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
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Lives Our Purpose Void
Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.
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Inadequacy Loss Nothing Relationship
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 most successful form of correction is when the “other” feels informed versus chastised.
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Feels Form Successful
One key to successful relationships is learning to say “no” without guilt, so that you can say “yes” without resentment.
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Guilt Keys Successful
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
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

Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.

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Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.

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