“You have considerable power to construct self-helping thoughts, feelings and actions as well as to construct self-defeating behaviors. You have the ability, if you use it, to choose healthy instead of unhealthy thinking, feeling and acting.”
“Strong feelings are fine; it's the overreactions that mess us up.”
“We teach people that they upset themselves. We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.”
“We can't change the past, so we change how people are thinking, feeling and behaving today.”
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