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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
Hopeful
Sadness
Hope
Universe
Sometimes
Trying
Benevolent

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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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Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.
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Gratitude turns what we have into enough.
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Love means each person is free to follow his or her own heart.
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Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.
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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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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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Be patient. Relax and trust. Let go. Then, let go some more.
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Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe.
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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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Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.
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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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Worrying, obsessing, and controlling are illusions. They are tricks we play on ourselves.
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Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.
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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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There is honor in all work, in all tasks, but take it one step further. Make what you do a labor of love. Then your work will truly touch and change the world in the way you desire. The work you do, whatever your chosen field, will be work that heals.
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... I've learned that I have many, many soul mates here, and they come to me at the right time and in the right place. They come to help me when I'm lost, and each comes with different sets of lessons for me -- usually, always, my most intense lessons -- the ones my soul came here to learn.
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Perspective will come in retrospect.
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Today I will practice healthy giving, understanding that caretaking and compulsive giving don't work. I choose what I want to give, to whom, when, and how much. It takes time to learn how to give in healthy ways. It takes time to learn to receive. Balance will come.
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Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.
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