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Love means each person is free to follow his or her own heart.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
Author
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St Paul
Minnesota
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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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Anger is a warning signal. It points to problems.
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Panic is our great enemy.
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It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right.
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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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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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Panic, not the task, is the enemy.
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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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Beliefs create reality
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Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two.
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Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.
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All endings are inexorably tied to new beginnings. That's the nature of the journey. It continues to unfold. It builds on itself. It can't help itself from doing that. Cherish the moments, all of them. You have seen and felt much in life so far. But still, the best is yet to come.
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Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.
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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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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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Arranging for and allowing ourselves to have fun is an important part of taking care of ourselves. It helps us stay healthy. It helps us work better. It balances life. We deserve to have fun. Fun is a normal part of being alive. Fun is taking time to celebrate being alive.
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Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
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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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Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.
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...the pain that comes from loving someone who's in trouble can be profound.
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