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Perspective will come in retrospect.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
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Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Retrospect
Perspective
Come

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Control is an illusion.
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Today I will stop trying to control my relationships. I will participate at a reasonable level and let the other person do the same. I can let go, knowing that the relationship will find its own life-or not-and that I don't have to do all the work, only my share.
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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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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Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
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Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.
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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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Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.
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Gratitude turns what we have into enough.
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Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe.
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Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.
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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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