To truly be of service to others, we must first serve the server. The ability to bring an enlightened presence to those in need is the ability to light a candle without burning ourselves out.
If you want to change your life, you must change your mind and change your brain? on purpose.
Regardless of the problem, as long as our solution requires someone else to change, we will never know the power and promise of self-determination.
You can't use stress, anxiety, frustration, and worry to deal with your stress, anxiety, frustration, and worry. It's like pulling up to a burning building with a flame thrower. The energy of the problem can't be the energy behind a successful solution.
One key to successful relationships is learning to say "no" without guilt, so that you can say "yes" without resentment.
The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips.
The most powerful times in our lives can be the time between times, or life's transitions that give us the opportunity to choose.
Never make your highest purpose, or the most important thing in your life something that is outside of your control.
Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.
When we take no responsibility for any aspect of our past, we limit our ability to respond in the present and the future.
Many people would rather be certain of their worries and fears, than risk the uncertainty of hope and optimism.
Nothing is meaningless it's how we assign meaning to the past that determines how we experience the present, and future.
When people feel criticized, they almost always defend the behavior you want them to change.
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.
Remembering the past should help you create a purposeful future, not cause you to be afraid of it.
Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes.
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.
You can't use anxiety to deal with your anxiety it only makes you more anxious.
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!
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.
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.
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal while blaming our misery on the person who started the fire.
Change isn't about what you are stopping... it's about what you are starting.
Becoming critical in the face of criticism, only inspires more criticism.
The key to changing our past, present, and future is to create our piece of the PIE (our Perceptions, Interpretations, & Expectations) on purpose.
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