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Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.

Bill Crawford

You can’t ‘cope with’ change anymore than you can ‘manage’ stress.
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Change Manage Stress
There are two ways to look at most problems… ‘Oh Crap!’ or, ‘Good Information!,’ and our choice will give us good information on how to deal with problems in the future.
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Choices Giving Two
When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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Behavior People Want
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.
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Action Forever Wise
One key to success is knowing the difference between knowledge and wisdom. One is information from the past while the other is the key to the future.
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Differences Key Past
Just because we have a thought, doesn’t mean it is a thought worth having.
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Having Mean Though Worth
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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Acceptance Hardest Validation
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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Heart Land Successful
In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.
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Enlightening Reflection World
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
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
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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Art Better Future Persons Reflection
Many of us go from being taken care of as children to taking care of others as adults. Shouldn’t there be a time when we learn to take care of ourselves?
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Adults Children Taken
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
Peace of Mind? Don’t leave home (or go home) without it.
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Happened Home Mind Peace
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

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