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Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another’s state of mind.

Bill Crawford

True ‘magic’ is simply the ability to transcend what seems to be and, thus, transform one’s experience. Maybe we could all use a little ‘Harry Potter’ in our lives.
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Magic Potters Use
You can’t ‘cope with’ change anymore than you can ‘manage’ stress.
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Change Manage Stress
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
Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.
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Belief Stress Worry
Change isn’t always easy, but with purposeful practice, any old habit can be replaced with a way of being we would recommend to those we love.
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Old Habits Practice Way
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
You never want to tie your responsibility to another’s irresponsibility.
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Responsibility Ties 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
Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.
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Chance Choices Meaning
One key to success is knowing the difference between knowledge and wisdom. One is information from the past while the other is the key to the future.
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Differences Key Past
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
The most successful form of correction is when the “other” feels informed versus chastised.
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Feels Form Successful
People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.
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Miserable People Unhappy Want
Many of us go from being taken care of as children to taking care of others as adults. Shouldn’t there be a time when we learn to take care of ourselves?
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Adults Children Taken
When we take no responsibility for any aspect of our past, we limit our ability to respond in the present and the future.
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Aspects Future Limits Past Responsibility
Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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Issue Knowing Matters Sometimes

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