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Melody Beattie Inspirational Quotes (88)

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When our heart is broken, we can't hear it. And when we can't hear our heart, we can't hear God.
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We cannot change others, but when we change ourselves, we may end up changing the world.
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If that person doesn't want to be in your life, just let him or her leave.
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If somebody rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected.
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Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.
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Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other peoples best interests.
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When it's too difficult to keep swimming, float.
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe.
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Seek healing, a refilling of energy and spirit, as soon as you see that you need it. You don't have to push yourself to give, do, or perform when what your body, mind, soul and emotions need is to heal.
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Today I will tell myself that I'm lovable. Just because some people haven't been able to love me in ways that worked doesn't mean that I'm unlovable. I've had lessons to learn, and some of them have hurt deeply, but I can still love, and I still am loved.
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Today I will honor, cherish, and love myself. When I get confused about what to do, I just have to remember that I need to be true to myself. I will break free of the hold that others-and their expectations-ha ve on me.
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Like it or not, i was already learning that in the worst and darkest time, I would find specks of light, moments of joy. What I didn't want to learn was the other, harsher lesson - that in life's brightest moments there would also be unbearable pain. p 87
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Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction.
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It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right.
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Today, I will let go. I will stop trying to control everything. I will stop trying to make myself be and do better, and I will let myself be.
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Life is always moving, changing, shifting into its next shape. The movement is natural. It is how we evolve. Let the shifts happen. Take responsibility for yourself each step of the way. Trust the new shape and form of your world
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Our best problem-solving resource is peace. Solutions arise easily and naturally out of a peaceful state.
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Today I will stop trying to control my relationships. I will participate at a reasonable level and let the other person do the same. I can let go, knowing that the relationship will find its own life-or not-and that I don't have to do all the work, only my share.
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A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior.
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God, help me let go of my need to be afraid. I welcome peace, trust, acceptance, and safety into my life. I will make a point of listening to my healthy, rational fears, and will relinquish all the others.
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Today I will practice healthy giving, understanding that caretaking and compulsive giving don't work. I choose what I want to give, to whom, when, and how much. It takes time to learn how to give in healthy ways. It takes time to learn to receive. Balance will come.
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Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable.
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Perspective will come in retrospect.
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