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The surest way to make ourselves crazy is to get involved in other people's business, and the quickest way to become sane and happy is to tend to our own affairs.
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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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When you wonder what is coming, tell yourself the best is coming, the very best life and love have to offer, the best God and His universe have to send. Then open your hands to receive it. It's yours.
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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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Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. Prayer changes life. Sometimes an event has been manifested that needs to be stopped, midair. Don't pray just when you're in trouble. Pray every day. Surround yourself with prayer. You never know when you might need an extra miracle.
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Worrying, obsessing, and controlling are illusions. They are tricks we play on ourselves.
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Living our lives may not be an exciting prospect to some of us either. Maybe we've been so wrapped up in other people that we've forgotten how to live and enjoy our lives.
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Wants and needs are closely connected. And all our needs, even the ones we're not completely aware of yet, will be met. Be grateful that God knows more about what we need than we do. Sometimes when we pray, we get what we want. Sometimes we get what we need. Accept both answers-the yes's and the something else's-with heartfelt gratitude. Then look around and see what your lesson and gift is.
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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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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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There are no knights on white horses, no magical grandmothers in the sky watching, waiting to rescue us. Teachers may come our way, but they will not rescue. They will teach. People who care will come, but they will not rescue. They will care. Help will come, but help is not rescuing. We are our own rescuers. Our relationships will improve dramatically when we stop rescuing others and stop expecting them to rescue us.
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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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It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good.
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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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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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We learn the magical lesson that making the most of what we have turns it into more.
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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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If we are waiting for guaranteed courses of action, we may spend much of our life waiting.
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I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people's lives, problems, and wants set the course for my life. Once I realized it was okay for me to think about and identify what I wanted, remarkable things began to take place in my life.
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The pain that comes from loving someone who's in trouble can be profound.
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The more we are focused on controlling and changing others, the more unmanageable our life becomes. The more we focus on living our own life, the more we have a life to live, and the more manageable our life will become.
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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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I saw people who were hostile; they had felt so much hurt that hostility was their only defense against being crushed again.
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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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Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment
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Melody Beattie
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July 2, 1948
(age 75)
Bio:
Melody Beattie is an American author of self-help books on codependent relationships.
Known for:
Codependent No More (1986)
The Language of Letting Go (1990)
Beyond Codependency (1989)
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