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The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.

Bill Crawford

Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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Affected Define Term
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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Important Resentment Revenge
Just because we have a thought, doesn’t mean it is a thought worth having.
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Having Mean Though Worth
Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.
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Awareness Expectations Keys
Freedom isn’t about having permission to do whatever we want… it’s about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning.
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Our Lives Permission Want
There are only three things we ‘have to’ do in this world we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!
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Choices Three World
Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.
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Happened Home Mind Peace
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
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
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
When we engage people positively, we create a receptive platform for the ideas and information we wish to communicate.
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Ideas People Wish
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
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 most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life’s transitions that give us the opportunity to choose.
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Giving Opportunity Powerful
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
Mistakes are just ‘mis-takes,’ or an action that we took that missed.
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Actions MIssed Mistakes

The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.

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