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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
Wasted
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Waiting
Universe
Else
Someone
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Arranging for and allowing ourselves to have fun is an important part of taking care of ourselves. It helps us stay healthy. It helps us work better. It balances life. We deserve to have fun. Fun is a normal part of being alive. Fun is taking time to celebrate being alive.
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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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Let go of your expectations. The universe will do what it will. Sometimes your dreams will come true. Sometimes they won't. Sometimes when you let go of a broken dream, another one gently takes its place. Be aware of what is, not what you would like to be, taking place.
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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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Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.
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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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Few situations - no matter how greatly they appear to demand it - can be bettered by us going beserk.
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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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Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.
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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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Beliefs create reality
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Perspective will come in retrospect.
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Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment
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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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Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.
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Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free.
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Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
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