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Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.

Bill Crawford

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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Action Forever Wise
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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Order Pain Painful Past Serve
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.
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Color Events Past
Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.
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Belief Stress Worry
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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Confidence Jesus Self Simple
Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.
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Happened Home Mind Peace
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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Our Lives Permission Want
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
When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
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Lives Our Purpose Void
Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
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Bad Fear Feel Feelings Good
There’s no such thing as a ‘stressful’ situation.
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Decision Situations Stressful
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents
Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.
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Creating Meaningful Past
If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.
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Brain Mind Purpose
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
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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Acceptance Hardest Validation

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