Language of letting go

The Language of Letting Go JournalThis journal, a companion to the popular meditation book of the same name, offers exercises for daily reflection, affirmation, and change in helping people let go of self-destructive thoughts.Fear, shame, anger, self-doubt. Helping people "let go" of self-destructive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors has been the life work of acclaimed author Melody Beattie. For more than a decade, millions of readers have turned to Beattie's classic meditation book, The Language of Letting Go, as a wellspring for daily reflection, affirmation, and change. Now the journal edition, using abridged text from the original best-seller, allows readers to record their thoughts, fears, and accomplishments. Key features and benefits: Beattie's work is known and trusted among self-help readers. Journal format invites readers to personalize meditations. Meditation themes explore common relationship issues. A thoughtful gift for friends or a great gift for yourself.1108134133The Language of Letting Go JournalThis journal, a companion to the popular meditation book of the same name, offers exercises for daily reflection, affirmation, and change in helping people let go of self-destructive thoughts.Fear, shame, anger, self-doubt. Helping people "let go" of self-destructive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors has been the life work of acclaimed author Melody Beattie. For more than a decade, millions of readers have turned to Beattie's classic meditation book, The Language of Letting Go, as a wellspring for daily reflection, affirmation, and change. Now the journal edition, using abridged text from the original best-seller, allows readers to record their thoughts, fears, and accomplishments. Key features and benefits: Beattie's work is known and trusted among self-help readers. Journal format invites readers to personalize meditations. Meditation themes explore common relationship issues. A thoughtful gift for friends or a great gift for yourself. 51English1568389841This journal, a companion to the popular meditation book of the same name, offers exercises for daily reflection, affirmation, and change in helping people let go of self-destructive thoughts.Fear, shame, anger, self-doubt. Helping people "let go" of self-destructive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors has been the life work of acclaimed author Melody Beattie. For more than a decade, millions of readers have turned to Beattie's classic meditation book, The Language of Letting Go, as a wellspring for daily reflection, affirmation, and change. Now the journal edition, using abridged text from the original best-seller, allows readers to record their thoughts, fears, and accomplishments. Key features and benefits: Beattie's work is known and trusted among self-help readers. Journal format invites readers to personalize meditations. Meditation themes explore common relationship issues. A thoughtful gift for friends or a great gift for yourself.Product DetailsAbout the AuthorProduct DetailsISBN-13:9781568389844Publisher:Hazelden Publishing Publication date:01/31/2003Series:Hazelden Meditations Pages:400Sales rank:80,268Product dimensions: 7.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.20(d)About the AuthorIn addiction and recovery circles, Melody Beattie is a household name. She is the best-selling author of numerous books, including Codependent No More, Beyond Codependency, The Language of Letting Go, More Language of Letting Go, and 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact. Her first book, Codependent No More, was published by Hazelden in 1986. Melody's compassionate and insightful look into codependency—the

Language of Letting Go - Feb. 17 - Acceptance You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Acceptance Our basic recovery concept that never loses its power to work miracles is the concept called acceptance. We do not achieve acceptance in a moment. We often have to work through a mirage of feelings - sometimes anger, outrage, shame, self-pity, or sadness. But if acceptance is our goal, we will achieve it. What is more freeing than to laugh at our weaknesses and to be grateful for our strengths? To know the entire package called "us" - with all our feelings, thoughts, tendencies, and history - is worthy of acceptance and brings healing feelings. To accept our circumstances is another miraculous cure. For anything to change or anyone to change, we must first accept others, the circumstance, and ourselves exactly as they are. Then, we need to take it one step further. We need to become grateful for our circumstances or ourselves. We add a touch of faith by saying, "I know this is exactly the way it's supposed to be for the moment." No matter how complicated we get, the basics never lose their power to restore us to sanity. Today, God, help me practice the concept of acceptance in my life. Help me accept others, my circumstances, and myself. Take me one step further, and help me feel grateful. From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.

Assembling today?*****************************************The Language of Letting GoJanuary 20 New BeginningsResentments are the blocks that hold us back from loving others and ourselves. Resentments do not punish the other person; they punish us. They become barriers to feeling good and enjoying life. They prevent us from being in harmony with the world. Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.Letting go of resentments does not mean we allow the other person to do anything to us that he or she wants. It means we accept what happened in the past, and we set boundaries for the future. We can let go of resentments and still have boundaries.We try to see the good in the person or the good that ultimately evolved from whatever incident we feel resentful about. We try to see our part.Then we put the incident to rest.Praying for those we resent helps. Asking God to take our resentments from us helps too.What better way to begin a New Year than by cleaning the slate of the past, and entering this one free of resentments.Higher Power, help me become ready to let go of my resentments. Bring any resentment that is hidden within me, and blocking me, to the surface. Show me what I need to do to take care of my self by letting go of resentments, and then help me do that.*****************************************More Language Of Letting GoJanuary 20 We can go only so farThere is no such thing as complete acceptance. When we can remember a loss with a little distance and much less pain, you have accepted the loss and mourned it fully. You accept that life is different now and move on.–David Viscott, Emotionally FreeThere are certain events that we may never accept fully. What can be accepted, though, is that we are required to live with these losses and find a way to go on.Some people were horribly abused in childhood, beyond what anyone can be expected to endure. Some of us have experienced unthinkable losses later on in life. A spouse may have betrayed us. We may

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Transformation through Grief We're striving for acceptance in recovery - acceptance of our past, other people, our present circumstances, and ourselves. Acceptance brings peace, healing, and freedom - the freedom to take care of ourselves. Acceptance is not a one step process. Before we achieve acceptance, we go toward it in stages of denial, anger, negotiating, and sadness. We call these stages the grief process. Grief can be frustrating. It can be confusing. We may vacillate between sadness and denial. Our behaviors may vacillate. Others may not understand us. We may neither understand our own behavior nor ourselves while we're grieving our losses. Then one day, things become clear. The fog lifts, and we see that we have been struggling to face and accept a particular reality. Don't worry. If we are taking steps to take care of ourselves, we will move through this process at exactly the right pace. Be understanding with yourself and others for the very human way we go through transition. Today, I will accept the way I go through change. I will accept the grief process, and its stages, as the way people accept loss and change. From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go Sadness Ultimately, to grieve our losses means to surrender to our feelings. So many of us have lost so much, have said so many good byes - have been through so many changes. We may want to hold back the tides of change, not because the change isn't good, but because we have had so much change, so much loss. Sometimes, when we are in the midst of pain and grief, we become shortsighted, like members of a tribe described in the movie Out of Africa. "If you put them in prison," one character said, describing this tribe, "they die." "Why?" asked another character. "Because they can't grasp the idea that they'll be let out one day. They think it's permanent, so they die." Many of us have so much grief to get through. Sometimes we begin to believe grief, or pain, is a permanent condition. The pain will stop. Once felt and released, our feelings will bring us to a better place than where we started. Feeling our feelings, instead of denying or minimizing them, is how we heal from our past and move forward into a better future. Feeling our feelings is how we let go. It may hurt for a moment, but peace and acceptance are on the other side. So is a new beginning. God, help me fully embrace and finish my endings, so I may be ready for my new beginnings. From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.