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Not only is it okay to take care of ourselves, we can take good care of ourselves. Many of us, so confident about our ability to take care of others, doubt our inherent strength to care for ourselves. We may have come to believe, from our past or present circumstances, that we need to take care of others and we need others to take care of us. This is the ultimate codependent belief.No matter where this self-defeating belief was born, we can release it and replace it with a better one, a healthier one, a more accurate one.We can take care of ourselves -- whether we are in or out of a relationship. Everything we need will be provided. We will have loved ones, friends, and our Higher Power to help.Knowing that we can take care of ourselves doesn't mean we won't have feelings of fear, discomfort, doubt, anger, and fragility at times. It means we practice "courageous vulnerability," as Colette Dowling called it in Cinderella Complex. We may feel scared, but we do it anyway.Today, God, help me know how I can take care of myself.Melody Beattie ©

To sin means to err; it's an archery term that means, "to miss the mark." Look at any way you have been living your life that has taken you off the mark of what brings fulfillment, joy, peace and that feeling of knowing that you live in alignment with God's will in you.Mary Manin Morrissey

AA Thought of the Day / God, I offer myself to Thee, to build with me & to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy love & Thy way of life. May I do Thy will always! Amen / Third Step Prayer

In trying to "improve" ourselves, we need to ask ourselves a question... Arewe trying to improve because we just can't stand who we are? Do we dislikeourselves so much that we can't wait to become someone else? If that's thereason behind our taking personal growth workshops or reading books onbecoming a better person, then I think we're starting at the wrong place.
Marie T. Russell

Love is within us. It cannot be destroyed. It can be ignored. To the extent that we abandon love we will feel it has abandoned us. Denying love is our only problem, and embracing it is the only answer. Through the power of love, we can let go of past history and begin again. Love heals, forgives, and makes whole.Ernest Holmes

Be not the slave of your own past, plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim fast, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience, that shall explain and overlook the old.Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, whatever misfortune you may have suffered, the music of your life has not gone. It's inside you. If you listen to it, you can play it.Nido Qubein

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make our world.The Buddha

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.e. e. cummings