Bill Crawford Quotes
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You can't use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.
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All connections are infused with dreams of what is possible in the future. Thus, when we lose something or someone important to us, we aren't just grieving the loss, we are grieving the shattered dream.
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Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes.
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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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To spank or not to spank isn't the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults?
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To influence others, we must know what is influencing them... and they must know that we get it.
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The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
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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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Mistakes are just 'mis-takes,' or an action that we took that missed.
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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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Making changes isn't about stopping the problem, it's about starting the solution.
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Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
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Our success and happiness depends not on simply knowing where we stand, but in where we are wanting to go.
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When the question is either/or, the answer is almost alwaysboth/and.
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Courage isn't the absence of fear, but a decision that what we want is more important than what we are afraid of.
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The key to self-confidence is knowing that you would choose you... and why. In this way the chosen becomes the chooser, and love versus fear becomes the energy of choice.
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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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Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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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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Just because we have a thought, doesn't mean it is a thought worth having.
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To understand ourself, we must understand our "selves," or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.
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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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There are only three things we 'have to' do in this world we have to be born, we have to die, and we have to live until we die. Everything else is a choice!