Bill Crawford Quotes
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Trust is simply a set of expectations about the present and the future. The key is to ensure that these are chosen and evaluated based upon awareness versus fear.
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The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
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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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Love will keep us safe when we commit to choosing the kind of qualities, characteristics, and relationships that we would recommend to someone we love.
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If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.
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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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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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Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes.
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Mistakes are just 'mis-takes,' or an action that we took that missed.
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You can't use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.
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One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids.
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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!
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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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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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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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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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Just because we have a thought, doesn't mean it is a thought worth having.
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When the question is either/or, the answer is almost alwaysboth/and.
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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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Never define yourself in terms of how you are negatively affected by others.
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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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Freedom isn't about having permission to do whatever we want... it's about having the courage to do whatever fills our life with meaning.
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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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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?