Language of Letting Go - Nov. 13 - Taking Care of Ourselves
Language of Letting Go - Nov. 13 - Taking Care of Ourselves
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go
Taking Care of Ourselves
We do not have to wait for others to come to our aid. We are not victims. We are not helpless.
Letting go of faulty thinking means we realize 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.
Today, I will let go of the fears and self doubt that block me from taking assertive action in my best interest. I can take care of myself and let others do the same for themselves.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
Taking Care of Ourselves
We do not have to wait for others to come to our aid. We are not victims. We are not helpless.
Letting go of faulty thinking means we realize 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.
Today, I will let go of the fears and self doubt that block me from taking assertive action in my best interest. I can take care of myself and let others do the same for themselves.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
I remember early in recovery just wanting someone, anyone, to fix it all for me. I wanted recovery to just step in and be the cure of all my problems.
It didn't work that way because recovery was teaching me to take care of myself. What a concept! That meant I had work to do...and I was already exhausted, so it seemed a task too big to tackle.
For me, recovery came in baby steps, one little new practice, one little boundary, and doing the "do" things, not because that came easy but because others told me it worked and I saw in these "others" something I wanted...so I did what they suggested slowly.
Today I feel good knowing that I can survive because I have already survived the darkest period of my life. And I know that no matter what life hands me, it will be okay.
Hugs
It didn't work that way because recovery was teaching me to take care of myself. What a concept! That meant I had work to do...and I was already exhausted, so it seemed a task too big to tackle.
For me, recovery came in baby steps, one little new practice, one little boundary, and doing the "do" things, not because that came easy but because others told me it worked and I saw in these "others" something I wanted...so I did what they suggested slowly.
Today I feel good knowing that I can survive because I have already survived the darkest period of my life. And I know that no matter what life hands me, it will be okay.
Hugs
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