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Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.
Melody Beattie
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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
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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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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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I gave three years of my life to take care of my dying mother who had Alzheimer's disease. Being there for her every need for three years might have looked codependent but it wasn't because it was what I wanted to do.
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Writing forces consciousness.
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He talks about God, and loving God. he says that when we open to loving a person, whether that person is a spouse, friend, or child, we open our hearts to loving God. He says when we let someone love us, we're opening our hearts to god's love. he says the acts are the same. p 19 I decide loving isn't for the fain. Its for the courageous. p 19
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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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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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Embrace and love all of yourself - past, present, and future. Forgive yourself quickly and as often as necessary. Encourage yourself. Tell yourself good things about yourself.
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Nurtured, nourished people, who love themselves and care for themselves, are the delight of the Universe.
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Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
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Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction.
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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Anger is a warning signal. It points to problems.
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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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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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Like it or not, i was already learning that in the worst and darkest time, I would find specks of light, moments of joy. What I didn't want to learn was the other, harsher lesson - that in life's brightest moments there would also be unbearable pain. p 87
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I pray for faith that my future will be good if I live today well, and in peace. I will remember that staying in the present is the best thing I can do for my future. I will focus on what’s happening now instead of what’s going to happen tomorrow.
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Love means each person is free to follow his or her own heart.
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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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