The Language of Letting Go, April 5
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The Language of Letting Go, April 5
APRIL 5
You are reading from the book "The Language of Letting Go."
Detaching in Love
Detachment is a key to recovery from codependency. It strengthens our healthy relationships--the ones that we want to grow and flourish. It benefits our difficult relationship--the ones that are teaching us to cope. It helps us!
Detachment is not something we do once. It's a daily behavior in recovery. We learn it when were beginning our recovery from codependency and adult children issues. And we continue to practice it along the way as we grow and change, and as our relationships grow and change.
We learn to let go of people we love, people we like, and those we don't particularly care for. We separate ourselves, and our process, from others and their processes.
We relinquish our tight hold and our need to control in our relationships. We take responsibility for ourselves; we allow others to do the same. We detach with the understanding that life is unfolding exactly as it needs to, for others and ourselves. The way life unfolds is good, even when it hurts. And ultimately, we can benefit from even the most difficult situations. We do this with the understanding that a Power greater than ourselves is in charge, and all is well.
Today, I will apply the concept of detachment, to the best of my ability, in my relationships. If I can't let go completely, I'll try to hang on loosely.
©1990, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.
You are reading from the book "The Language of Letting Go."
Detaching in Love
Detachment is a key to recovery from codependency. It strengthens our healthy relationships--the ones that we want to grow and flourish. It benefits our difficult relationship--the ones that are teaching us to cope. It helps us!
Detachment is not something we do once. It's a daily behavior in recovery. We learn it when were beginning our recovery from codependency and adult children issues. And we continue to practice it along the way as we grow and change, and as our relationships grow and change.
We learn to let go of people we love, people we like, and those we don't particularly care for. We separate ourselves, and our process, from others and their processes.
We relinquish our tight hold and our need to control in our relationships. We take responsibility for ourselves; we allow others to do the same. We detach with the understanding that life is unfolding exactly as it needs to, for others and ourselves. The way life unfolds is good, even when it hurts. And ultimately, we can benefit from even the most difficult situations. We do this with the understanding that a Power greater than ourselves is in charge, and all is well.
Today, I will apply the concept of detachment, to the best of my ability, in my relationships. If I can't let go completely, I'll try to hang on loosely.
©1990, Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.
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