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...the pain that comes from loving someone who's in trouble can be profound.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
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Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
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Profound
Loving
Trouble
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The more we learn to love and respect ourselves, the more we will become attracted to people who will love and respect us and who we can safely love and respect.
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Few situations - no matter how greatly they appear to demand it - can be bettered by us going beserk.
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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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Worrying, obsessing, and controlling are illusions. They are tricks we play on ourselves.
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The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it.
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Be patient. Relax and trust. Let go. Then, let go some more.
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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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Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.
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Today I will realize that I'm powerless over other people's expectations of me. I'll think about what I want and consider that how I respond to others' needs will affect the course of my life. I will own my own power and choose the course that's right for me.
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The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.
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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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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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What's a codependent? The answer's easy. They're some of the most loving, caring people I know.
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Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.
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When it's too difficult to keep swimming, float.
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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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Our best problem-solving resource is peace. Solutions arise easily and naturally out of a peaceful state.
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Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
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Control is an illusion.
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Money is not evil. There is no scarcity, except in our mind and attitudes. And what we believe we deserve will be about what we shall receive.
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