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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.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
Author
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Universe
Sometimes
Trying
Benevolent
Hopeful
Sadness
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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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...the pain that comes from loving someone who's in trouble can be profound.
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Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable.
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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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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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When it's too difficult to keep swimming, float.
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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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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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Believing that things happen too slowly or too quickly is an illusion. Timing is perfect.
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I pray for faith that my future will be good if I live today well, and in peace. I will remember that staying in the present is the best thing I can do for my future. I will focus on what’s happening now instead of what’s going to happen tomorrow.
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.
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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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The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it.
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Codependents are reactionaries. They overreact. They under-react. But rarely do they act. They react to the problems, pains, lives, and behaviors of others. They react to their own problems, pains, and behaviors.
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Control is an illusion.
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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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Gratitude turns what we have into enough.
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