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Perspective is what allows us to step back and see the entire forest instead of just the same old tree we keep running into again and again.

Bill Crawford

Mistakes are just ‘mis-takes,’ or an action that we took that missed.
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Actions MIssed Mistakes
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
Perspective is what allows us to step back and see the entire forest instead of just the same old tree we keep running into again and again.
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Perspective Running Tree
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Becoming Criticism Faces Inspire
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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Adults Children Taken
Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.
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Optimism People Uncertainty Worry
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
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire.
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Coal Fire Hot
When dealing with problems, seek not to “change” some aspect of your life but instead, choose who you want to become as a path to what you want. Transformation and healing then take place as a process of becoming versus avoiding.
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Healing Path Want
Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.
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Awareness Expectations Keys
Just because we have a thought, doesn’t mean it is a thought worth having.
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Having Mean Though Worth
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
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents
Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
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Acceptance Precursor Serenity
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
To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind… Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.
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Aspect Mind People

Perspective is what allows us to step back and see the entire forest instead of just the same old tree we keep running into again and again.

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