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 CRAWFORDWhen we engage people positively, we create a receptive platform for the ideas and information we wish to communicate.
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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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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Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another’s state of mind.
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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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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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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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Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.
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It’s not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.
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Sometimes our ability to accept what we can’t change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.
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Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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Worry, shame, and fear can’t be the energy with which we deal with food and weight. It only spurs us to eat more food and produce more glucose/sugar which gets stored as fat.
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The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.
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One key to successful relationships is learning to say “no” without guilt, so that you can say “yes” without resentment.
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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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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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