Language of Letting Go - August 30
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Language of Letting Go - August 30
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go
Accepting Our Best
We don't have to do it any better than we can - ever.
Do our best for the moment, and then let it go. If we have to redo it, we can do our best in another moment, later.
We can never do more or better than we are able to do at the moment. We punish ourselves and make ourselves feel crazy by expecting more than our reasonable best for now.
Striving for excellence is a positive quality.
Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
Did someone tell us or expect us to do or give or be more? Did someone always withhold approval?
There comes a time when we feel we have done our best. When that time comes, let it go.
There are days when our best is less than we hoped for. Let those times go too. Start over tomorrow. Work things through, until our best becomes better.
Empowering and complimenting ourselves will not make us lazy. It will nurture us and enable us to give, do, and be our best.
Today, I will do my best, and then let it go. God, help me stop criticizing myself so I can start appreciating how far I've come.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
Accepting Our Best
We don't have to do it any better than we can - ever.
Do our best for the moment, and then let it go. If we have to redo it, we can do our best in another moment, later.
We can never do more or better than we are able to do at the moment. We punish ourselves and make ourselves feel crazy by expecting more than our reasonable best for now.
Striving for excellence is a positive quality.
Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
Did someone tell us or expect us to do or give or be more? Did someone always withhold approval?
There comes a time when we feel we have done our best. When that time comes, let it go.
There are days when our best is less than we hoped for. Let those times go too. Start over tomorrow. Work things through, until our best becomes better.
Empowering and complimenting ourselves will not make us lazy. It will nurture us and enable us to give, do, and be our best.
Today, I will do my best, and then let it go. God, help me stop criticizing myself so I can start appreciating how far I've come.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
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Today's reading reminds me of a poem by the Persian Poet Omar Khayyam that, translated goes something like...
A man is blessed who does his best
and leaves the rest, and doesn't worry.
When I do the best I can with what life hands me and with what I know at the time, I can rest knowing that is good enough for today. When I know better, I can do better, but in the meantime just doing my best is all anyone can expect.
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A man is blessed who does his best
and leaves the rest, and doesn't worry.
When I do the best I can with what life hands me and with what I know at the time, I can rest knowing that is good enough for today. When I know better, I can do better, but in the meantime just doing my best is all anyone can expect.
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