Language of Letting Go - October 25
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Language of Letting Go - October 25
Letting Go of the Past
... in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me when as yet there was none of them.
--Ps. 139:16
Some people believe that each of our days were planned, Divinely Ordered, before we were born. God knew, they say, and planned exactly what was to transpire.
Others suggest we chose, we participated in planning our life - the events, the people, the circumstances that were to take place, in order to work through our issues and learn the lessons we needed to master.
Whatever our philosophy, our interpretation can be similar: Our past is neither an accident nor a mistake. We have been where we needed to be, with the necessary people. We can embrace our history, with its pain, its imperfections, and its mistakes, even its tragedies. It is uniquely ours; it was intended just for us.
Today, we are right where we need to be. Our present circumstances are exactly as they need to be - for now.
Today, I will let go of my guilt and fear about my past and present circumstances. I will trust that where I have been and where I am now are right for me.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
... in thy book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me when as yet there was none of them.
--Ps. 139:16
Some people believe that each of our days were planned, Divinely Ordered, before we were born. God knew, they say, and planned exactly what was to transpire.
Others suggest we chose, we participated in planning our life - the events, the people, the circumstances that were to take place, in order to work through our issues and learn the lessons we needed to master.
Whatever our philosophy, our interpretation can be similar: Our past is neither an accident nor a mistake. We have been where we needed to be, with the necessary people. We can embrace our history, with its pain, its imperfections, and its mistakes, even its tragedies. It is uniquely ours; it was intended just for us.
Today, we are right where we need to be. Our present circumstances are exactly as they need to be - for now.
Today, I will let go of my guilt and fear about my past and present circumstances. I will trust that where I have been and where I am now are right for me.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
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Staying connected to my higher power, that I call God, can make all the difference in how I live my day.
I can go through the motions of work and taking care of business and let one day flow into another, but when I am connected spiritually through prayer, meditation and taking time to just sit and watch the sunrise or walk in the woods or along the shore I can feel the "greater plan" of changing seasons and nature's beauty. I am reminded that all these things happened before my time and will continue long after I have left this world.
My past, as painful as it has been, was part of my growth, part of who I am today and brought me to a good place that I would not know had I not gone through the experiences and lessons to get here.
Today I am grateful for my life, good days and bad, because each one is as it should be and part of my life unfolding exactly the way it is supposed to unfold.
Hugs
I can go through the motions of work and taking care of business and let one day flow into another, but when I am connected spiritually through prayer, meditation and taking time to just sit and watch the sunrise or walk in the woods or along the shore I can feel the "greater plan" of changing seasons and nature's beauty. I am reminded that all these things happened before my time and will continue long after I have left this world.
My past, as painful as it has been, was part of my growth, part of who I am today and brought me to a good place that I would not know had I not gone through the experiences and lessons to get here.
Today I am grateful for my life, good days and bad, because each one is as it should be and part of my life unfolding exactly the way it is supposed to unfold.
Hugs
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