The Language of Letting Go: Daily Meditations on Codependency (Hazelden Meditation Series)

loved.

powerless

In dysfunctional families, shame can be tagged to healthy behaviors such as talking about feelings, making choices, taking care of ourselves, having fun, being successful, or even feeling good about ourselves.

residue of yesterday.

Relinquish your resentments.

Resentments are the blocks that hold us back from loving ourselves and others. 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

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The more we overcome our need to be excessive caretakers, the less we will find ourselves attracted to people who need to be constantly taken care of.

Our willingness and capacity to feel hurt will eventually be matched by our willingness and capacity to feel joy.