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Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.

Bill Crawford

The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
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Belief Validity Willingness
The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you’re right, you’re still left feeling indignant.
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Feelings Problems Righteous
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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Order Pain Painful Past Serve
True ‘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.
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Magic Potters Use
Selfish is caring for ourselves at others’ expense … Self-care is taking care of ourselves so that we can be there for others.
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Care Caring Selfish
The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life’s transitions that give us the opportunity to choose.
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Giving Opportunity Powerful
Diversity, or the state of being different, isn’t the same as inclusion. One is a description of what is, while the other describes a style of interaction essential to effective teams and organizations.
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Diversity Organization Team
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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Acceptance Hardest Validation
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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Color Events Past
Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
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Important Issues Quality
Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
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Acceptance Precursor Serenity
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
To change any aspect of our life we must be willing to change our mind… Unfortunately, that is the one thing most people are the least willing to do.
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Aspect Mind People
The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.
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Doing Done Nothing Problem
One key to successful relationships is learning to say “no” without guilt, so that you can say “yes” without resentment.
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Guilt Keys Successful
Creating a meaningful life has less to do with how we feel about our past than what we do about our future.
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Creating Meaningful Past

Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.

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