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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

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.
BILL CRAWFORD

Burning Light Needs
Images of resentment and revenge only have us spending the precious moments of our lives imagining the ‘other’ as both dangerous and important!
BILL CRAWFORD

Important Resentment Revenge
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Becoming Criticism Faces Inspire
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.
BILL CRAWFORD

Color Events Past
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.
BILL CRAWFORD

Energy Giving Impact
Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.
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Happened Home Mind Peace
Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.
BILL CRAWFORD

Creating Meaningful Past
Just because we have a thought, doesn’t mean it is a thought worth having.
BILL CRAWFORD

Having Mean Though Worth
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

Giving People Want
Freedom isn’t about having permission to do whatever we want… it’s about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning.
BILL CRAWFORD

Our Lives Permission Want
Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.
BILL CRAWFORD

Chance Choices Meaning
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.
BILL CRAWFORD

Goal Love Meaningful
The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you’re right, you’re still left feeling indignant.
BILL CRAWFORD

Feelings Problems Righteous
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!
BILL CRAWFORD

Choices Three World
The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
BILL CRAWFORD

Belief Validity Willingness
How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
BILL CRAWFORD

Giving Jerk People

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