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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.

Bill Crawford

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
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
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
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 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
Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.
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Optimism People Uncertainty Worry
The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.
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Energy Giving Impact
Diversity, or the state of being different, isn’t the same as inclusion. One is a description of what is, while the other describes a style of interaction essential to effective teams and organizations.
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Diversity Organization Team
When faced with conflicting thoughts and emotions, we must decide what to trust, what we fear, or what we know. What’s important is that this decision be made by the knowledgeable versus the anxious part of who we are.
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Decision Faced Important
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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Acceptance Hardest Validation
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire.
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Coal Fire Hot
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
You never want to tie your responsibility to another’s irresponsibility.
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Responsibility Ties Want
The past exists not as a factual recounting of what happened, but as an experience that we are constantly recreating in our mind which means we CAN change the past!
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Constantly Mean Mind Past
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
Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.
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Creating Meaningful Past

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