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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.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
Author
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
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Doe
Heart
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Blast
Nurture
Rose
Sun

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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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We see and understand more about our behaviors. We come aware. And aware. And aware. . . Often, we feel uncertain about what to do with all this awareness.
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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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If that person doesn't want to be in your life, just let him or her leave.
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Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
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Beliefs create reality
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Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.
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What's a codependent? The answer's easy. They're some of the most loving, caring people I know.
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Arranging for and allowing ourselves to have fun is an important part of taking care of ourselves. It helps us stay healthy. It helps us work better. It balances life. We deserve to have fun. Fun is a normal part of being alive. Fun is taking time to celebrate being alive.
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When we're surrounded by things that look impossible, making a simple choice to do something that's possible is a powerful thing to do.
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Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.
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Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.
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Sometimes, we don't get what we want. . . But this is a benevolent universe. And once in a while, we do.
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...the pain that comes from loving someone who's in trouble can be profound.
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Anger is a warning signal. It points to problems.
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Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two.
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Expressing passion and gratitude will guide your life. Say it again and again. Say it until you believe it. Say it until you live it.
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Panic is our great enemy.
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Control is an illusion.
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Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free.
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