The past exists not as a factual recounting of what happened, but as an experience that we are constantly recreating in our mind which means we CAN change the past!
BILL CRAWFORDChildren 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.
More Bill Crawford Quotes
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When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
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Serenity is not just an escape, but a precursor to acceptance, courage, wisdom, and change.
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Want to change your experience of life? Change the problem to the practice field.
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Change isn’t always easy, but with purposeful practice, any old habit can be replaced with a way of being we would recommend to those we love.
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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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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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What we feed our mind becomes the material with which we build our life.
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When we take no responsibility for any aspect of our past, we limit our ability to respond in the present and the future.
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Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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Mistakes are just ‘mis-takes,’ or an action that we took that missed.
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Meaning isn’t something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance.
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Never define people or situations in terms of their effect on you, unless you want to give them the power to make you feel that way.
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Sometimes our ability to accept what we can’t change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.
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We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.
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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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One key to creating a meaningful life, is choosing what we want to feel, and for how long.
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People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.
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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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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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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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The act of giving is simply a behavior, and the gift merely a symbol. It is the energy behind both that will determine their impact on our lives.
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One key to successful relationships is learning to say “no” without guilt, so that you can say “yes” without resentment.
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You can’t fight fire with fire, or fear with fear.
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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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The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you’re right, you’re still left feeling indignant.
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The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.
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