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We can’t always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!

Bill Crawford

Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
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Acceptance Precursor Serenity
You can’t ‘cope with’ change anymore than you can ‘manage’ stress.
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Change Manage Stress
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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Acceptance Hardest Validation
We can’t always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!
BILL CRAWFORD

Choose Feels Ironically
Selfish is caring for ourselves at others’ expense … Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.
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Care Caring Selfish
Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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Issue Knowing Matters Sometimes
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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Energy Shame Spurs Worry
Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.
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Inadequacy Loss Nothing Relationship
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
The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.
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Brain Children Creative
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
Just because we have a thought, doesn’t mean it is a thought worth having.
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Having Mean Though Worth
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Becoming Criticism Faces Inspire
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
To truly be of service to others, we must first serve the server. The ability to bring an enlightened presence to those in need is the ability to light a candle without burning ourselves out.
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Burning Light Needs
Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.
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Happened Home Mind Peace

We can’t always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!

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We can’t always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!

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