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We are on a very rich emotional and physical journey on this planet.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
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Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
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Physical
Emotional
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God, help me let go of my need to be afraid. I welcome peace, trust, acceptance, and safety into my life. I will make a point of listening to my healthy, rational fears, and will relinquish all the others.
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Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.
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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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Few situations - no matter how greatly they appear to demand it - can be bettered by us going beserk.
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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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The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it.
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Love yourself just as you are.
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Codependents are reactionaries. They overreact. They under-react. But rarely do they act. They react to the problems, pains, lives, and behaviors of others. They react to their own problems, pains, and behaviors.
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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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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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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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Panic is our great enemy.
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Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.
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Nurtured, nourished people, who love themselves and care for themselves, are the delight of the Universe.
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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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Writing forces consciousness.
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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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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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Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.
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