American - Writer | May 26, 1948 -
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Melody Beattie
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Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.
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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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Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.
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Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come.
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Live your life fom your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.
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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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Feel what you feel, know what you know, and set your relatives free to do the same.
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Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.
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It's hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing 'right,' which is probably a survival behavior learned from growing up in a crazy family. It feels like you will actually disappear.
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Few things can frustrate us more than trying to make a person someone he or she isn't; we feel crazy when we try to pretend that person is someone he or she is not.
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Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests.
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