Post by bagger015 on Nov 30, 2003 19:13:32 GMT -5
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*You Are A Miracle*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Throwing Out the Rule Book
Many of us feel like we need a rule book,
a microscope, and a warranty
to get through life.
We feel uncertain, frightened.
We want the security of knowing what's going to happen,
and how we shall act.
We don't trust ourselves or life.
We don't trust the Plan.
We want to be in control.
"I've made terrible mistakes about my choices,
mistakes that nearly destroyed me.
Life has really shocked me.
How can I trust myself?
How can I trust life, and my instincts,
after where I've been?" asked one women.
It is understandable that we fear being crushed again, considering the
way many of us were when we bottomed out on our codependency.
We don't have to be fearful.
We can trust our self, our path, and our instincts.
Yes, we want to avoid making the same mistakes again.
We are not the same people we were yesterday or last year.
We've learned, grown, changed.
We did what we needed to do then.
If we made a mistake, we cannot let that stop us from living and
fully experiencing today.
We have arrived at the understanding that we needed our experiences --
even our mistakes -- to get to where we are today.
Do we know that we needed our life to unfold exactly as it did to find
ourselves, our Higher Power, and this new way of life?
Or is part of us still calling our past a mistake?
We can let go of our past and trust ourselves now.
We do not have to punish ourselves with our past.
We don't need a rule book, a microscope,
a warranty.
All we really need is a mirror.
We can look into the mirror and say,
"I trust you. No matter what happens,
you can take care of yourself.
And what happens will continue to be good,
better than you think."
Today, I will stop clinging to the painful lessons of the past.
I will open myself to the positive lessons today and
tomorrow hold for me. I trust that I can and will take of myself now.
I trust that the Plan is good, even when I don't know what it is.
~ Melody Beattie ©
Throwing Out the Rule Book
Many of us feel like we need a rule book,
a microscope, and a warranty
to get through life.
We feel uncertain, frightened.
We want the security of knowing what's going to happen,
and how we shall act.
We don't trust ourselves or life.
We don't trust the Plan.
We want to be in control.
"I've made terrible mistakes about my choices,
mistakes that nearly destroyed me.
Life has really shocked me.
How can I trust myself?
How can I trust life, and my instincts,
after where I've been?" asked one women.
It is understandable that we fear being crushed again, considering the
way many of us were when we bottomed out on our codependency.
We don't have to be fearful.
We can trust our self, our path, and our instincts.
Yes, we want to avoid making the same mistakes again.
We are not the same people we were yesterday or last year.
We've learned, grown, changed.
We did what we needed to do then.
If we made a mistake, we cannot let that stop us from living and
fully experiencing today.
We have arrived at the understanding that we needed our experiences --
even our mistakes -- to get to where we are today.
Do we know that we needed our life to unfold exactly as it did to find
ourselves, our Higher Power, and this new way of life?
Or is part of us still calling our past a mistake?
We can let go of our past and trust ourselves now.
We do not have to punish ourselves with our past.
We don't need a rule book, a microscope,
a warranty.
All we really need is a mirror.
We can look into the mirror and say,
"I trust you. No matter what happens,
you can take care of yourself.
And what happens will continue to be good,
better than you think."
Today, I will stop clinging to the painful lessons of the past.
I will open myself to the positive lessons today and
tomorrow hold for me. I trust that I can and will take of myself now.
I trust that the Plan is good, even when I don't know what it is.
~ Melody Beattie ©
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.