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More Quotes by Melody Beattie
Are you balanced? Do you share your time, your energy, your life, as much with yourself as you do with those around you?. . . . Know your limits. You are one of the most important people you need to look after and love. Balance your time, your energy, your life with those around you. You'll be able to give more freely and joyfully as a result, and you'll be more open to the gifts of the universe. It's not wrong to give to others. But it's okay to say yes to ourselves, too.
Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.
Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.
Today I will stop trying to control my relationships. I will participate at a reasonable level and let the other person do the same. I can let go, knowing that the relationship will find its own life-or not-and that I don't have to do all the work, only my share.
Letting go of our ideas about how life should go is a choice that sets life's magic free.
Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.
Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
Today I will let go of my need for approval and my need to be liked. Instead, I will choose to like and approve of myself. The people who count (including me) will respect me when I'm true to who I really am.
I never know what the next lesson is going to be, because we're not supposed to know -- we're supposed to trust ourselves to discover it.