The Language of Letting Go, April 17
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The Language of Letting Go, April 17
APRIL 17
You are reading from the book "The Language of Letting Go."
Taking Care of Ourselves
We often refer to recovery from codependency and adult child issues as self-care. Self-care is not, as some may think, a spinoff of the "me" generation. It isn't self-indulgence. It isn't selfishness in the negative interpretation of that word.
We're learning to take care of ourselves instead of obsessively focusing on another person. We're learning self-responsibility instead of feeling excessively responsible for others. Self-care also means tending to our true responsibilities to others; we do this better when we're not feeling overly responsible.
Self-care sometimes means 'me first', but usually 'me too'. It means we are responsible for ourselves and can choose to no longer be victims.
Self-care means learning to love the person we're responsible for taking care of--ourselves. We do not do this to hibernate in a cocoon of isolation and self indulgence; we do it so we can better love others and learn to let them love us.
Self-care isn't selfish; it's self-esteem.
Today, Higher Power, help me love myself. Help me let go of feeling excessively responsible for those around me. Show me what I need to do to take care of myself and be appropriately responsible to others.
©1990, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.
You are reading from the book "The Language of Letting Go."
Taking Care of Ourselves
We often refer to recovery from codependency and adult child issues as self-care. Self-care is not, as some may think, a spinoff of the "me" generation. It isn't self-indulgence. It isn't selfishness in the negative interpretation of that word.
We're learning to take care of ourselves instead of obsessively focusing on another person. We're learning self-responsibility instead of feeling excessively responsible for others. Self-care also means tending to our true responsibilities to others; we do this better when we're not feeling overly responsible.
Self-care sometimes means 'me first', but usually 'me too'. It means we are responsible for ourselves and can choose to no longer be victims.
Self-care means learning to love the person we're responsible for taking care of--ourselves. We do not do this to hibernate in a cocoon of isolation and self indulgence; we do it so we can better love others and learn to let them love us.
Self-care isn't selfish; it's self-esteem.
Today, Higher Power, help me love myself. Help me let go of feeling excessively responsible for those around me. Show me what I need to do to take care of myself and be appropriately responsible to others.
©1990, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Help me let go of feeling excessively responsible for those around me. Show me what I need to do to take care of myself and be appropriately responsible to others.
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