When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
BILL CRAWFORDPeople have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.
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A process for discernment: God is my ultimate source of truth and wisdom, and dwells forever at the center of my being. Therefore, any thought, emotion, or action that takes me further from my center can be neither truthful, nor wise.
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Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.
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Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series ‘on purpose’ ?
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Holding on to painful images of the past in order to avoid painful experiences in the future serves only to color the present with pain.
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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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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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One key to successful relationships is learning to say “no” without guilt, so that you can say “yes” without resentment.
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Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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We can’t always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!
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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.
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How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
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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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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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