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One key to successful relationships is learning to say “no” without guilt, so that you can say “yes” without resentment.

Bill Crawford

How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don’t give your chain to jerks!
BILL CRAWFORD

Giving Jerk People
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
We can’t always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!
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Choose Feels Ironically
To understand ourself, we must understand our “selves,” or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.
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Behavior Decision Self
Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
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Issue Knowing Matters Sometimes
One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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Belief Kids Parents
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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Determination Long Self
The cooperative, creative, and flexible parts of your children reside in the joyful part of their brain.
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Brain Children Creative
It’s not simply what we feel, but what we feed, that determines what we do and how we live.
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Determined Feels Simply
The difference between self-confidence and conceit is as simple as love and fear. Jesus was self-confident … Hitler was afraid.
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Confidence Jesus Self Simple
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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Children Eye Heart
There’s no such thing as a ‘stressful’ situation.
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Decision Situations Stressful
Change isn’t about what you are stopping… it’s about what you are starting.
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Change Starting Stopping
Stress is an indicator of our belief in the value and validity of our worries and fears.
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Belief Stress Worry
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
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

One key to successful relationships is learning to say “no” without guilt, so that you can say “yes” without resentment.

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