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When we take no responsibility for any aspect of our past, we limit our ability to respond in the present and the future.

Bill Crawford

Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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Affected Define Term
When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Behavior People Want
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
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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Burning Light Needs
People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.
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Miserable People Unhappy Want
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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Causes Interpretation Thinking
When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
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Lives Our Purpose Void
Nothing is meaningless it’s how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.
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Determined Meaningless Past
Change isn’t always easy, but with purposeful practice, any old habit can be replaced with a way of being we would recommend to those we love.
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Old Habits Practice Way
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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Brain Change Chemical Fall Sleep
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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Meaningful Skills Want
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
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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Diversity Organization Team
You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.
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Create Fighting Fire Happen
Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.
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Belief Stress Worry
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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Goal Love Meaningful

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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