Forgiving Ourselves for What We Did Not Know
“Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.”
~Maya Angelou
Do I Matter?
“Significance isn’t about the number of friends we have on Facebook, but about how much we would be missed if we were gone.”
~Adapted from Seth Godin
Freedom, Risk, & Shame
“Freedom is the ability to take risks without the prospect of shame.”
~Adapted from Seth Godin
Resistance & Resentment
“Resistance almost always triggers resentment, and is rooted in the powerless of childhood.”
~Bill Crawford
Spanking as Discipline
“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.”
~Bill Crawford
It Is Impossible For A Situation To Be Stressful
“Stress is a chemical reaction in our brain and body designed to prepare us for fight or flight. These chemicals do not exist in the situation but in us. No situation is “full of stress,” and therefore, there’s no such thing as a stressful situation.”
~Bill Crawford
Getting It All Done… NOW!
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”
~Martin Luther King
Grieving the Shattered Dream
“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.”
~Bill Crawford
My Anxiety Is Making Me Anxious!
“The problem with anxiety is that its main byproduct is more anxiety.”
~Bill Crawford