Post by bagger015 on Apr 9, 2007 18:54:19 GMT -5
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go.
Melody Beattie ©
Experiment
Experiment. Try something new. Try stepping out.
We have been held back too long. We have held ourselves back too long.
As children, many of us were deprived of the right to experiment. Many of us
are depriving ourselves of the right to experiment and learn as adults.
Now is the time to experiment. It is an important part of recovery. Let
yourself try things. Let yourself try something new. Yes, you will make
mistakes. But from those mistakes, you can learn what your values are.
Some things we just won't like. That's good. Then we'll know a little more
about who we are and what we don't like.
Some things we will like, they will work with our values. They will work
with who we are, and we will discover something important and life
enriching.
There is a quiet time in recovery, a time to stand still and heal, a time to
give ourselves a cooling off time. This is a time of introspection and
healing. It is an important time. We deal with our issues.
There also comes a time when it is equally important to experiment, to begin
to test the water.
Recovery does not equal abstention from life. Recovery means learning to
live and learning to live fully. Recovery means exploration, investigation,
and experimentation.
Recovery means being done with the rigid, shame-based rules from the past,
and formulating healthy values based on self-love, love for others, and
living in harmony with this world.
Experiment. Try something new. Maybe you won't like it. Maybe you'll make a
mistake. But maybe you will like it, and maybe you'll discover something you
love.
Today, I will give myself permission to experiment in life. I will stop
rigidly holding myself back, and I will jump in when jumping in feels right.
God, help me let go of my need to deprive myself of being alive.
Melody Beattie ©
Experiment
Experiment. Try something new. Try stepping out.
We have been held back too long. We have held ourselves back too long.
As children, many of us were deprived of the right to experiment. Many of us
are depriving ourselves of the right to experiment and learn as adults.
Now is the time to experiment. It is an important part of recovery. Let
yourself try things. Let yourself try something new. Yes, you will make
mistakes. But from those mistakes, you can learn what your values are.
Some things we just won't like. That's good. Then we'll know a little more
about who we are and what we don't like.
Some things we will like, they will work with our values. They will work
with who we are, and we will discover something important and life
enriching.
There is a quiet time in recovery, a time to stand still and heal, a time to
give ourselves a cooling off time. This is a time of introspection and
healing. It is an important time. We deal with our issues.
There also comes a time when it is equally important to experiment, to begin
to test the water.
Recovery does not equal abstention from life. Recovery means learning to
live and learning to live fully. Recovery means exploration, investigation,
and experimentation.
Recovery means being done with the rigid, shame-based rules from the past,
and formulating healthy values based on self-love, love for others, and
living in harmony with this world.
Experiment. Try something new. Maybe you won't like it. Maybe you'll make a
mistake. But maybe you will like it, and maybe you'll discover something you
love.
Today, I will give myself permission to experiment in life. I will stop
rigidly holding myself back, and I will jump in when jumping in feels right.
God, help me let go of my need to deprive myself of being alive.
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.