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We have as much time as we need.

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
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St Paul
Minnesota
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Panic is our great enemy.
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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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Believing that things happen too slowly or too quickly is an illusion. Timing is perfect.
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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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...the pain that comes from loving someone who's in trouble can be profound.
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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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Today I will refuse to jump into the middle of others' affairs, issues, and relationships. I will trust others to work out their own problems, including the ideas and feelings they want to communicate to each other.
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...Help me let go of my need to stay immersed in negativity. I can change the energy in myself and my environment from nega­tive to positive. I will affirm the good until it sinks in and feels real. I will also strive to find one quality that I like about someone else who's important to me, and I will take the risk of telling him or her that.
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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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We are on a very rich emotional and physical journey on this planet.
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Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.
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Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.
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Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
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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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... 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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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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Today I will honor, cherish, and love myself. When I get confused about what to do, I just have to remember that I need to be true to myself. I will break free of the hold that others-and their expectations-ha ve on me.
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Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn't good enough. I realize that I am good enough, and that my imperfections are part of being human. I let go of shame.
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Gratitude helps us stop trying to control outcomes. It is the key that unlocks positive energy in our life. It is the alchemy that turns problems into blessings, and the unexpected into gifts.
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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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