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It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
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St Paul
Minnesota
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Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.
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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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... I've learned that I have many, many soul mates here, and they come to me at the right time and in the right place. They come to help me when I'm lost, and each comes with different sets of lessons for me -- usually, always, my most intense lessons -- the ones my soul came here to learn.
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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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Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
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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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The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it.
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Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.
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Be patient. Relax and trust. Let go. Then, let go some more.
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...Help me let go of my need to stay immersed in negativity. I can change the energy in myself and my environment from nega­tive to positive. I will affirm the good until it sinks in and feels real. I will also strive to find one quality that I like about someone else who's important to me, and I will take the risk of telling him or her that.
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What's a codependent? The answer's easy. They're some of the most loving, caring people I know.
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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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Believing that things happen too slowly or too quickly is an illusion. Timing is perfect.
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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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Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two.
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