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The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.

Bill Crawford

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
There’s no such thing as a ‘stressful’ situation.
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Decision Situations Stressful
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
Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.
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Determination Long Self
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents
A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want, then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing.
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Meaningful Skills Want
What we feed our mind becomes the material with which we build our life.
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Lives Material Mind
Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.
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Awareness Expectations Keys
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
Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
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Important Issues Quality
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
Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another’s state of mind.
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Mind Problem Ties
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 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
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
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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Acceptance Hardest Validation

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