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You don't blast a heart open, she said. You coax and nurture it open, like the sun does to a rose.

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
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St Paul
Minnesota
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He talks about God, and loving God. he says that when we open to loving a person, whether that person is a spouse, friend, or child, we open our hearts to loving God. He says when we let someone love us, we're opening our hearts to god's love. he says the acts are the same. p 19 I decide loving isn't for the fain. Its for the courageous. p 19
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Love means each person is free to follow his or her own heart.
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
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Do we really have the right to take care of ourselves? Do we really have the right to set boundaries? Do we really have the right to be direct and say what we need to say? You bet we do.
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Remember to be kind. Remember to be loving. Remember to feel all your feelings and to take care of yourself. But most of all, remember to be happy.
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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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Love yourself just as you are.
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We have as much time as we need.
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You don't have to search so hard for meaning and destiny. If you focus on keeping yourself clear and in balance and you live from your heart, destiny and your highest-good path will unfold naturally at your feet.
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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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Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two.
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Today I will refuse to jump into the middle of others' affairs, issues, and relationships. I will trust others to work out their own problems, including the ideas and feelings they want to communicate to each other.
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Perspective will come in retrospect.
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Writing forces consciousness.
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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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Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment
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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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We are on a very rich emotional and physical journey on this planet.
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Anger is a warning signal. It points to problems.
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Today I will focus on a peaceful pace, rather than a harried one. I will keep moving forward gently, not frantically. I will let go of my need to be anxious and upset and will replace these feelings with calmness and harmony.
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