You can't 'cope with' change anymore than you can 'manage' stress. Bill Crawford More Quotes by Bill Crawford More Quotes From Bill Crawford As we interact with others, we can either be a person who is bringing out their best or pointing out their worst. Regardless, however, our choice is always more information about us than them. Bill Crawford worst information choices 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 differences keys past There are two ways to make someone important in our lives ... we can either love them or hate them. Bill Crawford hate important two 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-habits practice way 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-sense brain worry Meaning isn't something we discover, it is what we bring to life, either by choice or by chance. Bill Crawford chance choices The true measure of our belief in the validity of our values is our willingness to act upon them. Bill Crawford validity willingness belief 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 goal love-is meaningful 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 path healing want 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 interpretation causes thinking 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 three powerful negative One barrier to being a great parent is the mistaken belief that we are raising kids. Bill Crawford parent belief kids Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire. Bill Crawford coal fire hot You can't use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious. Bill Crawford anxiety anxious use When 'Being Rushed' is the problem . . . Rushing is never the solution. Bill Crawford rushing solutions problem Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes. Bill Crawford realistic optimism worst 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 resentment important revenge 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-bad feel-good feelings 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 brain sleep fall