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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.

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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Love yourself just as you are.
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He talks about God, and loving God. he says that when we open to loving a person, whether that person is a spouse, friend, or child, we open our hearts to loving God. He says when we let someone love us, we're opening our hearts to god's love. he says the acts are the same. p 19 I decide loving isn't for the fain. Its for the courageous. p 19
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Panic is our great enemy.
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The more we learn to love and respect ourselves, the more we will become attracted to people who will love and respect us and who we can safely love and respect.
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Today I will focus on a peaceful pace, rather than a harried one. I will keep moving forward gently, not frantically. I will let go of my need to be anxious and upset and will replace these feelings with calmness and harmony.
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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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Perspective will come in retrospect.
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Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn't good enough. I realize that I am good enough, and that my imperfections are part of being human. I let go of shame.
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I pray for faith that my future will be good if I live today well, and in peace. I will remember that staying in the present is the best thing I can do for my future. I will focus on what’s happening now instead of what’s going to happen tomorrow.
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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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We see and understand more about our behaviors. We come aware. And aware. And aware. . . Often, we feel uncertain about what to do with all this awareness.
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Nurtured, nourished people, who love themselves and care for themselves, are the delight of the Universe.
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Gratitude helps us stop trying to control outcomes. It is the key that unlocks positive energy in our life. It is the alchemy that turns problems into blessings, and the unexpected into gifts.
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Panic, not the task, is the enemy.
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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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We decided that sooner or later you had to learn to live without almost everybody, at least for a while. Even people you didn't think you could live without. p 167 love always found itself again.
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
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Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction.
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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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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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