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One key to creating a meaningful life, is choosing what we want to feel, and for how long.

Bill Crawford

The past exists not as a factual recounting of what happened, but as an experience that we are constantly recreating in our mind which means we CAN change the past!
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Constantly Mean Mind Past
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 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
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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Creating Meaningful Past
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
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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Energy Giving Impact
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Becoming Criticism Faces Inspire
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
When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Behavior People Want
To understand ourself, we must understand our “selves,” or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.
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Behavior Decision Self
But if your work is your art, a personal reflection of who you are, the only person who can do that better than you, is a future you.
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Art Better Future Persons Reflection
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
In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.
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Enlightening Reflection World
The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.
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Guilt Journey Life
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 limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.
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Mistake Perception Reality

One key to creating a meaningful life, is choosing what we want to feel, and for how long.

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