Language of Letting Go - Sept. 10 - Self-Approval

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Old 09-10-2008, 03:29 AM
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Language of Letting Go - Sept. 10 - Self-Approval

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go

Self-approval

Most of us want to be liked. We want other people to think of us as nice, friendly, kind, and loving. Most of us want the approval of others.

Since childhood, some of us have been trying to get approval, trying to get people to like us and think highly of us. We may be afraid people will leave us if they disapprove of our actions. We may look for approval from people who have none to give. We may not know that we're lovable now and can learn to approve of ourselves.

In order to live happily, to live consistently with the way our Higher Power wants us to live, and to tap into a way of life that is in harmony with the universe, we need to let go of our extreme need for approval. These unmet needs for approval and love from our past give others control over us today. These needs can prevent us from acting in our best interest and being true to ourselves.

We can approve of ourselves. In the end, that's the only approval that counts.

Today, I will let go of my need for approval and my need to be liked. I will replace them with a need to like and approve of myself. I will enjoy the surprise I find when I do this. The people who count, including myself, will respect me when I am true to myself.


From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
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The people who count, including myself, will respect me when I am true to myself.
One of the wonderful gifts of recovery is that today I am free to be "me", warts and all. Today I am comfortable standing in my own light, standing for my values, even if I stand alone.

Being the best person I know how to be, faults and all, is good enough for me today.

I no longer need validation to be the genuine person I am. Love me or leave me, I am who I am and I have come to like that stranger called "me".

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I choose to do something about the warts but I still like me more and more..

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