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Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe.

Melody Beattie

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Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
Author
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Time
Wasted
Worked
Waiting
Universe
Else
Someone
Something

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Remember to be kind. Remember to be loving. Remember to feel all your feelings and to take care of yourself. But most of all, remember to be happy.
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Expressing passion and gratitude will guide your life. Say it again and again. Say it until you believe it. Say it until you live it.
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Today I will realize that I'm powerless over other people's expectations of me. I'll think about what I want and consider that how I respond to others' needs will affect the course of my life. I will own my own power and choose the course that's right for me.
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All endings are inexorably tied to new beginnings. That's the nature of the journey. It continues to unfold. It builds on itself. It can't help itself from doing that. Cherish the moments, all of them. You have seen and felt much in life so far. But still, the best is yet to come.
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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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Writing forces consciousness.
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We cannot change others, but when we change ourselves, we may end up changing the world.
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Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.
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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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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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Panic, not the task, is the enemy.
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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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Perspective will come in retrospect.
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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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Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.
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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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Today I will tell myself that I'm lovable. Just because some people haven't been able to love me in ways that worked doesn't mean that I'm unlovable. I've had lessons to learn, and some of them have hurt deeply, but I can still love, and I still am loved.
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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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It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right.
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Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two.
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