Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
BILL CRAWFORDRegardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.
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When a loving, meaningful experience is our goal, we must trust an energy that is congruent with that goal as our guide along the way. Bottom line, trust love over fear if love is what you’re after.
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How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
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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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Living exclusively in the land of the head or the heart will always be a limiting, limited experience. The most successful among us have dual citizenship.
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Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.
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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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Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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When 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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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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Nothing destroys a relationship quicker than our fears of inadequacy and loss.
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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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But if your work is your art, a personal reflection of who you are, the only person who can do that better than you, is a future you.
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You can’t ‘cope with’ change anymore than you can ‘manage’ stress.
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The most successful form of correction is when the “other” feels informed versus chastised.
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