Language of Letting Go - April 25 - Finding Our Own Truth
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Language of Letting Go - April 25 - Finding Our Own Truth
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go
Finding Our Own Truth
We must each discover our own truth.
It does not help us if those we love find their truth. They cannot give it to us. It does not help if someone we love knows a particular truth in our life. We must discover our truth for ourselves.
We must each discover and stand in our own light.
We often need to struggle, fail, and be confused and frustrated. That's how we break through our struggle; that's how we learn what is true and right for ourselves.
We can share information with others. Others can tell us what may predictably happen if we pursue a particular course. But it will not mean anything until we integrate the message and it becomes our truth, our discovery, and our knowledge.
There is no easy way to break through and find our truth.
But we can and will, if we want to.
We may want to make it easier. We may nervously run to friends, asking them to give us their truth or make our discovery easier. They cannot. Light will shed itself in its own time.
Each of us has our own share of truth, waiting to reveal itself to us. Each of us has our own share of the light, waiting for us to stand in it, to claim it as ours.
Encouragement helps. Support helps. A firm belief that each person has truth available - appropriate to each situation - is what will help.
Each experience, each frustration, each situation, has its own truth waiting to be revealed. Don't give up until you find it - for yourself.
We shall be guided into truth, if we are seeking it. We are not alone.
Today, I will search for my own truth, and I will allow others to do the same. I will place value on my vision and the vision of others. We are each on the journey, making our own discoveries - the ones that are right for us today.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
Finding Our Own Truth
We must each discover our own truth.
It does not help us if those we love find their truth. They cannot give it to us. It does not help if someone we love knows a particular truth in our life. We must discover our truth for ourselves.
We must each discover and stand in our own light.
We often need to struggle, fail, and be confused and frustrated. That's how we break through our struggle; that's how we learn what is true and right for ourselves.
We can share information with others. Others can tell us what may predictably happen if we pursue a particular course. But it will not mean anything until we integrate the message and it becomes our truth, our discovery, and our knowledge.
There is no easy way to break through and find our truth.
But we can and will, if we want to.
We may want to make it easier. We may nervously run to friends, asking them to give us their truth or make our discovery easier. They cannot. Light will shed itself in its own time.
Each of us has our own share of truth, waiting to reveal itself to us. Each of us has our own share of the light, waiting for us to stand in it, to claim it as ours.
Encouragement helps. Support helps. A firm belief that each person has truth available - appropriate to each situation - is what will help.
Each experience, each frustration, each situation, has its own truth waiting to be revealed. Don't give up until you find it - for yourself.
We shall be guided into truth, if we are seeking it. We are not alone.
Today, I will search for my own truth, and I will allow others to do the same. I will place value on my vision and the vision of others. We are each on the journey, making our own discoveries - the ones that are right for us today.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.
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Each of us has our own share of truth, waiting to reveal itself to us. Each of us has our own share of the light, waiting for us to stand in it, to claim it as ours....
We shall be guided into truth, if we are seeking it. We are not alone.
We shall be guided into truth, if we are seeking it. We are not alone.
When I stopped focusing on others and living my life only for them, I got to know that stranger called "me" and I discovered my own truth, my values and that my dreams really could come true.
Today I am grateful for all the gifts recovery has given me, and most of all for my life, which has finally become worth living.
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finding my own Truth is:
Something I always struggle with. But I find peace in knowing that I don't need to be in a hurry to find my Truth. It will come to me when its supposed to as long as I keep searching.
Cathy
Something I always struggle with. But I find peace in knowing that I don't need to be in a hurry to find my Truth. It will come to me when its supposed to as long as I keep searching.
Cathy
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Thanks for today's message. I know that I am just beginning my journey towards recovery. I know I should be patient and just take it day by day. But sometimes, like today, I want it NOW. I want to be happy again, I want to enjoy my life, I want to stop wasting my time. I know the answer lies within me, that I have to take steps to get where I want to be, but some days are just harder to actually do it.
Today, I will search for my own truth, and I will allow others to do the same. I will place value on my vision and the vision of others. We are each on the journey, making our own discoveries - the ones that are right for us today.
Today, I will search for my own truth, and I will allow others to do the same. I will place value on my vision and the vision of others. We are each on the journey, making our own discoveries - the ones that are right for us today.
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