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. Bill Crawford More Quotes by Bill Crawford More Quotes From Bill Crawford One key to success is knowing the difference between knowledge and wisdom. One is information from the past while the other is the key to the future. Bill Crawford differenceskeyspast There are two ways to make someone important in our lives ... we can either love them or hate them. Bill Crawford hateimportanttwo 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. Bill Crawford old-habitspracticeway When our worries and fears just don't make sense, it's possible we are trusting the part of the brain that doesn't make sense... it just reacts. Bill Crawford make-sensebrainworry Meaning isn't something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance. Bill Crawford chancechoices The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them. Bill Crawford validitywillingnessbelief When a loving, meaningful experience is our goal, we must trust an energy that is congruent with that goal as our guide along the way. Bottom line, trust love over fear if love is what you're after. Bill Crawford goallove-ismeaningful 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. Bill Crawford pathhealingwant To find the true cause of how you think and feel, find the 'sponsoring thought' that created the interpretation that created your experience of life. Bill Crawford interpretationcausesthinking All of life presents itself as a cycle of cause and effect. When this cycle is negative, there are three ways to change. You can change the cause, change the effect, or choose the most powerful option become the cause! Bill Crawford threepowerfulnegative One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids. Bill Crawford parentbeliefkids Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire. Bill Crawford coalfirehot You can't use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious. Bill Crawford anxietyanxioususe When 'Being Rushed' is the problem . . . Rushing is never the solution. Bill Crawford rushingsolutionsproblem Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes. Bill Crawford realisticoptimismworst You can't 'cope with' change anymore than you can 'manage' stress. Bill Crawford managestress Images of resentment and revenge only have us spending the precious moments of our lives imagining the 'other' as both dangerous and important! Bill Crawford resentmentimportantrevenge Trusting fear, while fearing trust and happiness often creates a less than happy life. Bill Crawford happy-life Fear of feeling bad rarely makes one feel good. Bill Crawford feeling-badfeel-goodfeelings Sleep is simply a chemical change in our brain and body (melatonin) - It?s not a place we go, it is a state of being that we fall into. Bill Crawford brainsleepfall
