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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
Author
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Profound
Loving
Trouble
Pain
Comes
Someone

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Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.
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Worrying, obsessing, and controlling are illusions. They are tricks we play on ourselves.
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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 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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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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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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Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable.
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We cannot change others, but when we change ourselves, we may end up changing the world.
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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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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 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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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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Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.
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Nurtured, nourished people, who love themselves and care for themselves, are the delight of 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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Much of the time, the things we feel guilty about are not our issues. Another person behaves inappropriately or in some way violates our boundaries. We challenge the behavior, and the person gets angry and defensive. Then we feel guilty.
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Perspective will come in retrospect.
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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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Believing that things happen too slowly or too quickly is an illusion. Timing is perfect.
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