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Control is an illusion.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
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St Paul
Minnesota
Illusion
Control

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Today I will not wait for someone to come to my aid. I'm not helpless. Although help may come, I'm my own rescuer. My relationships will dramatically improve when I stop rescuing others and stop expecting others to rescue me.
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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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Beliefs create reality
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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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Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.
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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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There is honor in all work, in all tasks, but take it one step further. Make what you do a labor of love. Then your work will truly touch and change the world in the way you desire. The work you do, whatever your chosen field, will be work that heals.
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Love means each person is free to follow his or her own heart.
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We have as much time as we need.
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Be patient. Relax and trust. Let go. Then, let go some more.
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Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.
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Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other peoples best interests.
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God loves me enough to let me go through all the lessons I came here to learn, even the ones that hurt the most. His presence doesn't deny me. It's always there to help me see and understand what I came to this planet to learn.
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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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