Language of Letting Go - January 13

Old 01-13-2008, 05:34 AM
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Language of Letting Go - January 13

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go

Good Feelings

When we talk about feelings in recovery, we often focus on the troublesome trio - pain, fear, and anger. But there are other feelings available in the emotional realm - happiness, joy, peace, contentment, love, closeness, and excitement.

It's okay to let ourselves feel pleasurable feelings too.

We don't have to worry when we experience good feelings; we don't have to scare ourselves out of them; we don't have to sabotage our happiness. We do that, sometimes, to get to the more familiar, less joyous terrain.

It's okay to feel good. We don't have to analyze, judge, or justify. We don't have to bring ourselves down, or let others bring us down, by injecting negativity.

We can let ourselves feel good.

Today, I will remind myself that it is my right to feel as good as I can. I can have many moments of feeling good; I can find a balanced place of feeling content, peaceful, and good.

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
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Thanks for posting this. I sometimes feel as if some part of me must remain sad & worried at all times or else I'll get blindsided by something terrible. Scared to 'forget' to worry. sick.
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