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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.

Bill Crawford

Worry, shame, and fear can’t be the energy with which we deal with food and weight. It only spurs us to eat more food and produce more glucose/sugar which gets stored as fat.
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Energy Shame Spurs Worry
There’s no such thing as a ‘stressful’ situation.
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Decision Situations Stressful
Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
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Acceptance Precursor Serenity
You can’t ‘cope with’ change anymore than you can ‘manage’ stress.
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Change Manage Stress
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 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
Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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Issue Knowing Matters Sometimes
Change isn’t always easy, but with purposeful practice, any old habit can be replaced with a way of being we would recommend to those we love.
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Old Habits Practice Way
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
Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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Affected Define Term
People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.
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Miserable People Unhappy Want
A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want, then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing.
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Meaningful Skills Want
When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Behavior People Want
Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another’s state of mind.
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Mind Problem Ties
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
Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
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Bad Fear Feel Feelings Good

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