Want to change your experience of life? Change the problem to the practice field.
BILL CRAWFORDMistakes are just ‘mis-takes,’ or an action that we took that missed.
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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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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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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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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When faced with conflicting thoughts and emotions, we must decide what to trust, what we fear, or what we know. What’s important is that this decision be made by the knowledgeable versus the anxious part of who we are.
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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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What we feed our mind becomes the material with which we build our life.
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In order to become more influential with those who are resistant to our point of view, we must be willing to start with what is influencing them.
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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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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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The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them.
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When we engage people positively, we create a receptive platform for the ideas and information we wish to communicate.
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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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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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Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.
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