Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.
BILL CRAWFORDRealistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.
BILL CRAWFORDWhen our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
BILL CRAWFORDSerenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
BILL CRAWFORDThere are two ways to make someone important in our lives … we can either love them or hate them.
BILL CRAWFORDTo spank or not to spank isn’t the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?
BILL CRAWFORDThe only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
BILL CRAWFORDMany 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 CRAWFORDYou never want to tie your responsibility to another’s irresponsibility.
BILL CRAWFORDWhen we take no responsibility for any aspect of our past, we limit our ability to respond in the present and the future.
BILL CRAWFORDThe cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.
BILL CRAWFORDWe limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.
BILL CRAWFORDCreating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.
BILL CRAWFORDMistakes are just ‘mis-takes,’ or an action that we took that missed.
BILL CRAWFORDOne barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
BILL CRAWFORDTrue ‘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.
BILL CRAWFORDWhen 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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