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We have as much time as we need.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
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St Paul
Minnesota
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It's easy to see and notice what we like in other people. Sometimes, it's not as easy to see the attributes and beauty in ourselves. It's good to see the beauty in others. But sometimes, take a moment and get excited when you notice what's beautiful in yourself, too.
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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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Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.
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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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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 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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Beliefs create reality
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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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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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Panic is our great enemy.
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Perspective will come in retrospect.
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Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two.
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Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
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Love means each person is free to follow his or her own heart.
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Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment
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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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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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Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.
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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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Writing forces consciousness.
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