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In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

Bill Crawford

But if your work is your art, a personal reflection of who you are, the only person who can do that better than you, is a future you.
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Art Better Future Persons Reflection
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Becoming Criticism Faces Inspire
When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Behavior People Want
What we feed our mind becomes the material with which we build our life.
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Lives Material Mind
The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.
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Brain Children Creative
When we take no responsibility for any aspect of our past, we limit our ability to respond in the present and the future.
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Aspects Future Limits Past Responsibility
The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
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Doing Done Nothing Problem
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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Magic Potters Use
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
Selfish is caring for ourselves at others’ expense … Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.
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Care Caring Selfish
The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you’re right, you’re still left feeling indignant.
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Feelings Problems Righteous
Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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Issue Knowing Matters Sometimes
One key to successful relationships is learning to say “no” without guilt, so that you can say “yes” without resentment.
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Guilt Keys Successful
Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another’s state of mind.
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Mind Problem Ties
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
The most successful form of correction is when the “other” feels informed versus chastised.
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Feels Form Successful

In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

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In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.

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