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.
BILL CRAWFORDMeaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.
More Bill Crawford Quotes
-
-
To influence others, we must know what is influencing them… and they must know that we get it.
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.
BILL CRAWFORD -
If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.
BILL CRAWFORD -
The most successful form of correction is when the “other” feels informed versus chastised.
BILL CRAWFORD -
Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series ‘on purpose’ ?
BILL CRAWFORD -
Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.
BILL CRAWFORD -
Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.
BILL CRAWFORD -
The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life’s transitions that give us the opportunity to choose.
BILL CRAWFORD -
Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.
BILL CRAWFORD -
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
BILL CRAWFORD -
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.
BILL CRAWFORD -
You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.
BILL CRAWFORD -
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.
BILL CRAWFORD -
What we feed our mind becomes the material with which we build our life.
BILL CRAWFORD -
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.
BILL CRAWFORD -
We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.
BILL CRAWFORD -
Nothing is meaningless it’s how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.
BILL CRAWFORD -
Want to change your experience of life? Change the problem to the practice field.
BILL CRAWFORD -
Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
BILL CRAWFORD -
Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
BILL CRAWFORD -
There’s no such thing as a ‘stressful’ situation.
BILL CRAWFORD -
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 -
Worry, shame, and fear can’t be the energy with which we deal with food and weight. It only spurs us to eat more food and produce more glucose/sugar which gets stored as fat.
BILL CRAWFORD -
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
BILL CRAWFORD -
The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
BILL CRAWFORD -
Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.
BILL CRAWFORD