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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

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
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
You never want to tie your responsibility to another’s irresponsibility.
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Responsibility Ties Want
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents
To influence others, we must know what is influencing them… and they must know that we get it.
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Influence Knows Others People
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
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
It’s not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.
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Determined Feels Simply
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
True ‘magic’ is simply the ability to transcend what seems to be and, thus, transform one’s experience. Maybe we could all use a little ‘Harry Potter’ in our lives.
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Magic Potters Use
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
The most successful form of correction is when the “other” feels informed versus chastised.
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Feels Form Successful
Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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Issue Knowing Matters Sometimes
How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
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Giving Jerk People
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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Aspect Mind People
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

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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