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Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.

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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Anger is a warning signal. It points to problems.
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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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Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
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Beliefs create reality
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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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Few situations - no matter how greatly they appear to demand it - can be bettered by us going beserk.
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Money is not evil. There is no scarcity, except in our mind and attitudes. And what we believe we deserve will be about what we shall receive.
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If that person doesn't want to be in your life, just let him or her leave.
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We cannot change others, but when we change ourselves, we may end up changing the world.
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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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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