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Quetzal


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Detachment involves present moment living - living in the here and now. We allow life to happen instead of forcing and trying to control it. We relinquish regrets over the past and fears about the future. We make the most of each day. -- Codependent No More

This moment, we are right where we need to be, right where we are meant to be.

How often we waste our time and energy wishing we were someone else, were doing something else, or were someplace else. We may wish our present circumstances were different.

We needlessly confuse ourselves and divert our energy by thinking that our present moment is a mistake. But we are right where we need to be for now. Our feelings, thoughts, circumstances, challenges, and tasks - all of it is on schedule.

We spoil the beauty of the present moment by wishing for something else.

Come back home to yourself. Come back home to the present moment. We will not change things by escaping or leaving the moment. We will change things by surrendering to and accepting the moment.

Some moments are easier to accept than others.

To trust the process, to trust all of it, without hanging on to the past or peering too far into the future, requires a great deal of faith. Surrender to the moment. If you're feeling angry, get mad. If you're setting a boundary, dive into that. If you're grieving, grieve. Get into it. Step where instinct leads. If you're waiting, wait. If you have a task, throw yourself into the work. Get into the moment; the moment is right.

We are where we are, and it is okay. It is right where we're meant to be to get where we're going tomorrow. And that place will be good.

It has been planned in love for us.

God, help me let go of my need to be someone other than who I am today. Help me dive fully into the present moment. I will accept and surrender to my present moments - the difficult ones and the easy ones, trusting the whole process. I will stop trying to control the process; instead, I will relax and let myself experience it.

From The Language of Letting Go

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Rosie


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Quetzel, I love these!!! Thank you so much!!!!!! It is so rewarding to read these and right on the money for me. They have helped me each day all week. Take care dear soul. Rosie

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HI Carol

thanks for your dedication to this Board, it's a great place.

I was wondering if you could direct me to CoDa meetings online, or is there a forum like this one which deals with Coda?

thanks so much, Deb

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Quetzal


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Rosie, I am so glad that these posts help you. They always help me and seem to say just what I need to hear that day.

Deb, here is a link that you might find useful, but I haven't tried any CoDa meetings, so I don't know what they are like.

http://www.onlinecoda.net/meetings.html

Take care,

Carol

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Rosie


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Hi Quetzel, Thank you again for that. I sent it to my friends and family and they all love it also. It made my day and will keep on making my days. I love it. Take Care, Rosie

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Thanks Carol, I'll let you know how things go for me, I am interested in possibly getting a meeting going here in my little town, so we'll see how it all pans out.

Deb

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