Sometimes our ability to accept what we can't change is tied to our willingness to change what we can.
A meaningful life is composed of a series of meaningful moments. If this is what we want, then the ability to infuse each moment with meaning would seem to be a skill worth practicing.
How do you keep people from jerking your chain? Don't give your chain to jerks!
Sometimes knowing what to do is knowing when to stop.
The problem with righteous indignation is that even when you're right, you're still left feeling indignant.
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.
Stress is a signal that something needs to change. Suffering, is when we don't make the change!
There are two ways to make someone important in our lives ... we can either love them or hate them.
In our lives, we can either be a reflection of the world around us . . . or a beam that enlightens the lives of others.
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.
A relationship is like life. It isn't a process of preservation, but of change and growth. Unless you grow and change together, you will change ... and grow apart.
Leaders should interact with everyone in their organization as if the interaction is being recorded and will be used as a training film on how to treat colleagues, coworkers, and customers.
We can't always choose how we feel. We can, however, choose what we do about it, which ironically can change how we feel!
We've all heard that in life, when one door is closed, another is opened. Unfortunately, many of us are so focused on the darkness left by what has been lost, we never see the light coming through the newly opened door.
To understand ourself, we must understand our "selves," or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors.
Regardless of what is being discussed . . . the issue is never more important than the quality of the interaction.
To be influential in our conversations, we must first be aware of two things, (1) what do we want to bring to the conversation and (2) what do we want to bring out in others.
Our success and happiness depends not on simply knowing where we stand, but in where we are wanting to go.
Worry, shame, and fear can't be the energy with which we deal with food and weight. It only spurs us to eat more food and produce more glucose/sugar which gets stored as fat.
The only time a mistake becomes a failure is when we look for someone to blame.
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.
When our purpose becomes avoidance, our life becomes a void.
To influence others to change, you must be able to frame that change in terms of the future, and in a way that has value to all concerned.
People have the absolute right to be just as unhappy and miserable as they want to be.
Family is the place where acceptance and validation are most needed, but often the hardest to find.
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