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

Bill Crawford

When dealing with problems, seek not to “change” some aspect of your life but instead, choose who you want to become as a path to what you want. Transformation and healing then take place as a process of becoming versus avoiding.
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Healing Path Want
When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
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Lives Our Purpose Void
Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.
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Chance Choices Meaning
The most successful form of correction is when the “other” feels informed versus chastised.
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Feels Form Successful
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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Color Events Past
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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Determination Long Self
The difference between self-confidence and conceit is as simple as love and fear. Jesus was self-confident … Hitler was afraid.
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Confidence Jesus Self Simple
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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Children Eye Heart
Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.
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Highest Important Purpose Sometimes
You can’t ‘cope with’ change anymore than you can ‘manage’ stress.
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Change Manage Stress
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
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
When a loving, meaningful experience is our goal, we must trust an energy that is congruent with that goal as our guide along the way. Bottom line, trust love over fear if love is what you’re after.
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Goal Love Meaningful
Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
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Bad Fear Feel Feelings Good
The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
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Belief Validity Willingness
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

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

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