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?
BILL CRAWFORDHow do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
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Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.
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Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
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Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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What we feed our mind becomes the material with which we build our life.
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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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The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.
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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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Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.
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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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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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When we take care of ourselves like we would take care of someone we love, the quality of our living and our giving goes up.
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Children don’t know that they are lovable until they are loved. They need to see it in our eyes before they can accept it in their hearts.
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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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You never want to tie your responsibility to another’s irresponsibility.
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