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Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
Author
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Strive
Perfection
Positive
Quality
Self
Defeating
Striving
Excellence

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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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Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.
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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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Control is an illusion.
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Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.
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Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.
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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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