Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.
BILL CRAWFORDOur 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.
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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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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Just because we have a thought, doesn’t mean it is a thought worth having.
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People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.
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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.
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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.
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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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The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.
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The most successful form of correction is when the “other” feels informed versus chastised.
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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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Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst … which often, never comes.
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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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Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
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How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
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Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good.
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There are only three things we ‘have to’ do in this world we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!
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