The Language of Letting Go: May 22nd

Times of Reprogramming

Do not ask for love unless you're ready to be healed enough to give and receive love.

Do not ask for joy unless you're ready to feel and release your pain, so you can feel joy.

Do not ask for success unless you're ready to conquer the behaviors that would sabotage success.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could imagine ourselves having or becoming - and then immediately receiving - what we wanted? We can have and be the good things we want. All good things are ours for the asking. But first, groundwork - preparation work - must be done.

A gardener would not plant seeds unless the ground was adequately prepared to nurture and nourish those seeds. The planting would be wasted effort. It would be wasted effort for us to get what we wanted before we were ready.

First, we need to become aware of our need or desire. This may not be easy! Many of us have become accustomed to shutting off the inner voice of our wants, needs, and desires. Sometimes, life has to work hard to get our attention.

Next we let go of the old programming: the behavior and beliefs that interfere with nurturing and nourishing the good. Many of us have strong sabotaging programs, learned from childhood, that need to be released. We may need to act as if for a while until the belief that we deserve the good becomes real.

We combine this process with much letting go, while we are being changed at the core.

There is naturalness to this process, but it can be intense. Things take time.

Good things are ours for the asking, if we are willing to participate in the work of groundbreaking. Work and wait.

Today, God, give me the courage to identify the good I want in my life and to ask for it. Give me also the faith and stamina I need to go through the work that must be accomplished first. 

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

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As a compulsive overeater/food addict, I want everything NOW. Patience is not a strong suit...........preparation falls by the wayside as I plunge right in, expecting results NOW!

Part of being an adult means developing patience.  Developing willingness to put in the footwork in order to achieve the desired results.  I must be willing and accepting.  I must put aside my expectations and accept life on LIFE'S terms.  Expectations breed resentments, and so, I work on letting GO of ALL expectations in life.

When I put in my time and effort, the Universe pays me back by giving me all I NEED.  My wants far exceed my needs, however, and I recognize that.  When I become willing to take what COMES, I begin to differentiate between 'want' and 'need.'

My measured Food Plan gives me all the nourishment my body Needs.  It may not provide me with all the food I Want to eat...............because I enjoy eating sweets for taste.  Those sweets and other junk foods, however, are very harmful to my body AND mind, creating inner turmoil and chaos, so I focus on my Needs versus my many Wants.

For today, I let go of my Wants in favor of my Needs. My faith in God assures me that, when I let go & do the groundwork, everything I NEED will come to me in time.

For today, I pray for the patience to wait for all the good things that I am going to receive.

For today, I pray for the courage to identify the good I want in my life and to ask for it, and to be willing to do the work to achieve my goals.