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The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.

Bill Crawford

Living exclusively in the land of the head or the heart will always be a limiting, limited experience. The most successful among us have dual citizenship.
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Heart Land Successful
Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.
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Giving People Want
Sometimes our ability to accept what we can’t change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.
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Accepting Change Sometimes Willingness
The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
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Blame Looks Mistakes
If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.
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Brain Mind Purpose
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
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
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
Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
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Bad Fear Feel Feelings Good
There are two ways to make someone important in our lives … we can either love them or hate them.
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Hate Important Two
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
The key to being with family is to engage with those we love in a way we would teach to those we love.
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Keys Teach Way
Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.
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Optimism People Uncertainty Worry
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
Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.
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Belief Stress Worry
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents

The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.

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