Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
BILL CRAWFORDStress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.
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Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
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Just because we have a thought, doesn’t mean it is a thought worth having.
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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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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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What we feed our mind becomes the material with which we build our life.
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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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In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.
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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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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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Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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Many of us go from being taken care of as children to taking care of others as adults. Shouldn’t there be a time when we learn to take care of ourselves?
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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.
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When we engage people positively, we create a receptive platform for the ideas and information we wish to communicate.
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The difference between self-confidence and conceit is as simple as love and fear. Jesus was self-confident … Hitler was afraid.
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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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People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.
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Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
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The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
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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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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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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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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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The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
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When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.
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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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