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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.

Bill Crawford

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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Care Giving Quality
Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.
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Optimism Realistic Worst
There are two ways to make someone important in our lives … we can either love them or hate them.
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Hate Important Two
You can’t use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.
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Anxiety Anxious Use
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.
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Giving People Want
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
Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another’s state of mind.
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Mind Problem Ties
Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.
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Creating Missing Want
We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.
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Mistake Perception Reality
The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
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Blame Looks Mistakes
Life is not a means to an end but a series of experiences. Are you creating your series ‘on purpose’ ?
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Creating Mean Purpose
You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.
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Create Fighting Fire Happen
Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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Change Starting Stopping
The most successful form of correction is when the “other” feels informed versus chastised.
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Feels Form Successful
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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Acceptance Hardest Validation
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents

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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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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