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Many of us have blocked ourselves from receiving love. We may have lived with people who used love to control us. Love was given, or withheld, to control us and have power over us. It was not safe for us to receive love from these people. We may have gotten accustomed to not receiving love, not acknowledging our need for love, because we lived with people who had no real love to give.At some point we acknowledge that we, too, want and need to be loved. We may feel awkward with this need.
We will learn. The starting point is surrendering to our desire to be loved, our need to be nurtured and loved. We will grow confident in our ability to take care of ourselves with people. We will feel safe enough to let people care for us; we will grow to trust our ability to choose people who are safe and who can give us love.We are opening up like flowers. Sometimes it hurts as the petals push open. Be glad. Our heart is opening up to the love that is and will continue to be there for us. Surrender to the love that is there for us, to the love that people, the Universe, and our Higher Power send our way. Surrender to love, without allowing people to control us or keep us from caring for ourselves. Start by surrendering to love for yourself.Today, I will open myself to the love that is here for me. I will let myself receive love that is safe, knowing I can take care of myself with people. I claim, accept, and am grateful for the love that is coming to me.
Melody Beattie ©

Our natural state is dynamic aliveness. That's how God created us. There's nothing bad or wrong about us. Deep down, what's true is that we are perfect as God made us, great souls made in the image and after the likeness of our Creator.
Mary Manin Morrissey

AA Thought of the Day / We ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. / AA P. 86

"Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world. The forms may change, yet the essence remains the same. Every wonderful sight will vanish; every sweet word will fade, but do not be disheartened, the source they come from is eternal, growing, branching out, giving new life and new joy. Why do you weep? The source is within you and this whole world is springing up from it."
Rumi

Throughout your day, as often as possible, take a heart reading. Ask yourself, "In this moment, is my heart light or heavy? Am I pandering to the fears of others, or proceeding from my inner strength? Have I given my power to appearances, or do I remember the truth?
Alan Cohen

"If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life, as in hoping for another life, and in eluding the implacable grandeur of this life."
Albert Camus

"It began in mystery, and it will end in mystery, but what a savage and beautiful country lies in between."
Diane Ackerman

"Recognize that life is what you get when you’re born ... living is what you do with it."
Jim Allen

"The present moment is as it is. Always. Can you let it be?"
Eckhart Tolle