Love-ability – Day 4
July 20, 2017
“I met with an old boyfriend two years after I broke up with him. I was astounded by how much he loved me. I had broken up with him because I was irritated that he wasn’t loving me the way I wanted to be loved. I had some romantic ideas about how love should look and feel. Maybe the problem wasn’t him not loving me. Maybe the problem was me not believing I deserved to be loved.”
We can get so caught up in our expectations of how love should be shown that we don’t see the reality of how people actually show love for us.
Inventory Focus: Are you missing love in your life right now? Are you missing it because it’s not there, because you’re not seeing it, or because you’re chasing it away? When is the last time you accepted an offer of help from a friend? How do you respond when someone you care about touches your arm? When someone says he or she loves you, whether it’s a friend or romantic interest, how do you feel? Do you do all the giving just so you can stay in control? Set boundaries, but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
From the book: 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact
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In addiction and recovery circles, Melody Beattie is a household name. She is the best-selling author of numerous books.
One of Melody's more recent titles is The Grief Club, which was published in 2006. This inspirational book gives the reader an inside look at the miraculous phenomenon that occurs after loss--the being welcomed into a new "club" of sorts, a circle of people who have lived through similar grief and pain, whether it be the loss of a child, a spouse, a career, or even one's youth.
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