Friday, March 22, 2013

The Language of Letting Go: March 22nd

Letting Go of Being a Victim

It's okay to have a good day. Really.

It's okay to be doing okay and to feel like our life is manageable and on track.

Many of us have learned, as part of our survival behaviors, that the way to get the attention and approval we want is to be victims. If life is awful, too difficult, unmanageable, too hard, unfair, then others will accept, like, and approve of us, we think.

We may have learned this from living and associating with people who also learned to survive by being a victim.

We are not victims. We do not need to be victimized. We do not need to be helpless and out of control to get the attention and love we desire. In fact, the kind of love we are seeking cannot be obtained that way.

We can get the love we really want and need by only owning our power. We learn that we can stand on our own two feet, even though it sometimes feels good to lean a little. We learn that the people we are leaning on are not holding us up. They are standing next to us.

We all have bad days -- days when things are not going the way we'd like, days when we have feelings of sadness and fear. But we can deal with our bad days and darker feelings in ways that reflect self-responsibility rather than victimization.

It's okay to have a good day too. We might not have as much to talk about, but we'll have more to enjoy.

God, help me let go of my need to be a victim. Help me let go of my belief that to be loved and get attention I need to be a victim. Surround me with people who love me when I own my power. Help me start having good days and enjoying them. 

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.

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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

The secret to happiness is allowing my light to shine. Liberating myself from fear means I let go of the victim mentality completely.  I give myself permission to be happy.........to have a good day..........to stop dwelling in negativity and looking at my glass half empty.

The secret to happiness lies in our thinking...............our thoughts create our reality. 

"Mind is everything. Every thought you create manifests itself in the real world.
If you didn't achieve something you strive for - you simply didn't believe in it enough."
Mario Novak






For today, I choose Happiness............I choose to think positive thoughts and to create a reality for myself that is positive and upbeat.

If I am what I think and I am what I eat, then I think loving thoughts and I eat healthy foods.  For today, I choose to project myself as a Winner instead of a victim!

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