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?
BILL CRAWFORDRealistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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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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You never want to tie your responsibility to another’s irresponsibility.
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Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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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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To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind… Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.
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You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.
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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!
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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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The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
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Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series ‘on purpose’ ?
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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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Just because we have a thought, doesn’t mean it is a thought worth having.
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The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
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To spank or not to spank isn’t the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?
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Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.
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