Post by bagger015 on Apr 25, 2007 17:37:27 GMT -5
You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go.
Melody Beattie ©
Taking Care of Ourselves
We often refer to recovery from codependency and adult child issues as
self-care. Self-care is not, as some may think, a spin off of the me
generation. It isn't self-indulgence. It isn't selfishness - in the negative
interpretation of that word.
We're learning to take care of ourselves, instead of obsessively focusing on
another person. We're learning self-responsibility, instead of feeling
excessively responsible for others. Self-care also means tending to our true
responsibilities to others; we do this better when were not feeling overly
responsible.
Self-care sometimes means, me first, but usually, me too. It means we are
responsible for ourselves and can choose to no longer be victims.
Self-care means learning to love the person we're responsible for taking
care of - ourselves. We do not do this to hibernate in a cocoon of isolation
and self indulgence; we do it so we can better love others, and learn to let
them love us.
Self-care isn't selfish; it's self-esteem.
Today, God, help me love myself. Help me let go of feeling excessively
responsible for those around me. Show me what I need to do to take care of
myself and be appropriately responsible to others.
Melody Beattie ©
Taking Care of Ourselves
We often refer to recovery from codependency and adult child issues as
self-care. Self-care is not, as some may think, a spin off of the me
generation. It isn't self-indulgence. It isn't selfishness - in the negative
interpretation of that word.
We're learning to take care of ourselves, instead of obsessively focusing on
another person. We're learning self-responsibility, instead of feeling
excessively responsible for others. Self-care also means tending to our true
responsibilities to others; we do this better when were not feeling overly
responsible.
Self-care sometimes means, me first, but usually, me too. It means we are
responsible for ourselves and can choose to no longer be victims.
Self-care means learning to love the person we're responsible for taking
care of - ourselves. We do not do this to hibernate in a cocoon of isolation
and self indulgence; we do it so we can better love others, and learn to let
them love us.
Self-care isn't selfish; it's self-esteem.
Today, God, help me love myself. Help me let go of feeling excessively
responsible for those around me. Show me what I need to do to take care of
myself and be appropriately responsible to others.
. I will be back looking for Lin and others.