One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
BILL CRAWFORDFear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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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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Sometimes our ability to accept what we can’t change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.
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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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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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To find the true cause of how you think and feel, find the ‘sponsoring thought’ that created the interpretation that created your experience of life.
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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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You never want to tie your responsibility to another’s irresponsibility.
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You can’t use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.
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Just because we have a thought, doesn’t mean it is a thought worth having.
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Mistakes are just ‘mis-takes,’ or an action that we took that missed.
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Sleep is simply a chemical change in our brain and body (melatonin) – It?s not a place we go, it is a state of being that we fall into.
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When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
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Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.
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Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.
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To influence others, we must know what is influencing them… and they must know that we get it.
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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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Nothing is meaningless it’s how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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To understand ourself, we must understand our “selves,” or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.
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Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another’s state of mind.
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