Taking Care of Ourselves
We do not have to wait for others to come to our aid. We are not victims. We are not helpless.
Letting go of faulty thinking means we realize there are no knights on white horses, no magical grandmothers in the sky watching, waiting to rescue us.
Teachers may come our way, but they will not rescue. They will teach. People who care will come, but they will not rescue. They will care. Help will come, but help is not rescuing.
We are our own rescuers.
Our relationships will improve dramatically when we stop rescuing others and stop expecting them to rescue us.
Today, I will let go of the fears and self doubt that block me from taking assertive action in my best interest. I can take care of myself and let others do the same for themselves.
From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation
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My disease insists I'm a victim & helpless. For years I lived in fantasy land, waiting for, and expecting, to be rescued from my miserable life. I was a fairy tale queen, as yet unrecognized, and a knight in shining armor would one day rescue me & we'd ride off into the sunset together.
Obviously, I wasn't based in reality! It was easier, I thought, to live with that illusion than it was to rescue MYSELF!
When I found abstinence I became willing to look at my life, and myself, in a realistic way. I had to take action to change my OWN life, nobody could do it for me.
Letting go of my faulty, twisted thinking opened my mind up to reality and enabled me to take care of myself first. I allow others to do the same for themselves.
For today, in the event of an emergency, I will put my OWN oxygen mask on first before assisting those around me.
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