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Nurtured, nourished people, who love themselves and care for themselves, are the delight of the Universe.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
Author
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Nurtured
Nourished
Delight
Universe
Care
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People

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Seek healing, a refilling of energy and spirit, as soon as you see that you need it. You don't have to push yourself to give, do, or perform when what your body, mind, soul and emotions need is to heal.
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Today I will practice healthy giving, understanding that caretaking and compulsive giving don't work. I choose what I want to give, to whom, when, and how much. It takes time to learn how to give in healthy ways. It takes time to learn to receive. Balance will come.
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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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Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
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Perspective will come in retrospect.
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Life is always moving, changing, shifting into its next shape. The movement is natural. It is how we evolve. Let the shifts happen. Take responsibility for yourself each step of the way. Trust the new shape and form of your world
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Our best problem-solving resource is peace. Solutions arise easily and naturally out of a peaceful state.
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When our heart is broken, we can't hear it. And when we can't hear our heart, we can't hear God.
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You don't have to search so hard for meaning and destiny. If you focus on keeping yourself clear and in balance and you live from your heart, destiny and your highest-good path will unfold naturally at your feet.
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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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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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...the pain that comes from loving someone who's in trouble can be profound.
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Panic, not the task, is the enemy.
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Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.
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Today, I will let go. I will stop trying to control everything. I will stop trying to make myself be and do better, and I will let myself be.
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The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.
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When we're surrounded by things that look impossible, making a simple choice to do something that's possible is a powerful thing to do.
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Today I will honor, cherish, and love myself. When I get confused about what to do, I just have to remember that I need to be true to myself. I will break free of the hold that others-and their expectations-ha ve on me.
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It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right.
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Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.
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