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Images of resentment and revenge only have us spending the precious moments of our lives imagining the ‘other’ as both dangerous and important!

Bill Crawford

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.
BILL CRAWFORD

Giving People Want
You can’t use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.
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Anxiety Anxious Use
There 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.
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Choices Giving Two
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
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
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents
A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want, then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing.
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Meaningful Skills Want
When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.
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Care Giving Quality
Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
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Acceptance Precursor Serenity
Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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Change Starting Stopping
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
The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
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Doing Done Nothing Problem
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.
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Order Pain Painful Past Serve
The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.
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Brain Children Creative
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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Choose Feels Ironically
One key to success is knowing the difference between knowledge and wisdom. One is information from the past while the other is the key to the future.
BILL CRAWFORD

Differences Key Past

Images of resentment and revenge only have us spending the precious moments of our lives imagining the ‘other’ as both dangerous and important!

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