Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.
BILL CRAWFORDThere are two ways to look at most problems… ‘Oh Crap!’ or, ‘Good Information!,’ and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.
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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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Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.
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The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
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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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Sleep is simply a chemical change in our brain and body (melatonin) – It?s not a place we go, it is a state of being that we fall into.
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Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
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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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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 stress and anxiety have your system stuck in a brainstem loop? Reboot. It’s I.T. for life!
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We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.
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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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Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
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Nothing is meaningless it’s how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.
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Our past is not, as some fear, a series of events carved in stone that we must carry around for the rest of our lives… but a kaleidoscope of experiences that, when viewed through different lenses, can ‘color’ (change) how we see our present and future.
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You can’t use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.
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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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Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
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Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another’s state of mind.
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What we feed our mind becomes the material with which we build our life.
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Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
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Diversity, or the state of being different, isn’t the same as inclusion. One is a description of what is, while the other describes a style of interaction essential to effective teams and organizations.
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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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Just because we have a thought, doesn’t mean it is a thought worth having.
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