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Quotes About Detachment

I didn't really care much about anything, so I guess I felt fine.
~ Megan Whalen Turner
As soon as the guards where gone, I lay down on my stone bench and dumped the king and his threats out of my head without ceremony. They were too unpleasant to worry over anyway.
~ Megan Whalen Turner
For the person who has learned to let go and let be, nothing can ever get in the way again.
~ Meister Eckhart
For each of us, there comes a time to let go. You will know when that time has come. When you have done all that you can do, it is time to detach. Deal with your feelings. Face your fears about losing control. Gain control of yourself and your responsibilities. Free others to be who they are. In so doing, you will set yourself free. ACTIVITY Is there an event or person in your life that you are trying to control? Why? Write a few paragraphs about it.
~ Melody Beattie
The rewards from detachment are great: serenity; a deep sense of peace; the ability to give and receive love in self-enhancing, energizing ways; and the freedom to find real solutions to our problems. We find the freedom to live our own lives without excessive feelings of guilt about, or responsibility toward others.
~ Melody Beattie
Today, I will apply the concept of detachment, to the best of my ability, in my relationships. If I can't let go completely, I'll try to "hang on loose.
~ Melody Beattie
Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.
~ Melody Beattie
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. Detachment
~ Melody Beattie
I believe detachment can become a habitual response, in the same manner that obsessing, worrying, and controlling became habitual responses—by
~ Melody Beattie
Not only can we lovingly detach from other people and take care of ourselves, it is our primary responsibility in life to do that. To
~ Melody Beattie
You will learn to recognize when detachment is advisable. A good rule of thumb is: You need to detach most when it seems the least likely or possible thing to do.
~ Melody Beattie
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.
~ Melody Beattie
Detachment is based on the premises that each person is responsible for himself, that we can't solve problems that aren't ours to solve, and that worrying doesn't help.
~ Melody Beattie
Detachment involves "present moment living"—living in the here and now. We allow life to happen instead of forcing and trying to control it.
~ Melody Beattie
You need to detach most when it seems the least likely or possible thing to do. I
~ Melody Beattie
A good rule of thumb is: You need to detach most when it seems the least likely or possible thing to do. I
~ Melody Beattie
You need to detach most when it seems the least likely or possible thing to do.
~ Melody Beattie
Detachment is based on the premises that everyone is responsible for themselves, that we can't solve problems that aren't ours to solve, and that worrying doesn't help.
~ Melody Beattie
Generosity is the value we practice. Nonattachment is a gift.
~ Melody Beattie
For each of us, there comes a time to let go. You will know when that time has come. When you have done all that you can do, it is time to detach. Deal with your feelings. Face your fears about losing control. Gain control of yourself and your responsibilities. Free others to be who they are. In so doing, you will set yourself free.
~ Melody Beattie
It (detachment) is not detaching from the person whom we care about, but from the agony of involvement.
~ Melody Beattie
Shane," she said, "there comes a time to let go." For each of us, there comes a time to let go. You will know when that time has come. When you have done all that you can do, it is time to detach. Deal with your feelings. Face your fears about losing
~ Melody Beattie
Today, I will separate myself from family members. I am a separate human being, even though I belong to a unit called a family. I have a right to my own issues and growth; my family members have a right to their issues and a right to choose where and when they will deal with these issues. I can learn to detach in love from my family members and their issues. I am willing to work through all necessary feelings in order to accomplish this.
~ Melody Beattie
We cannot begin to work on ourselves, to live our own lives, feel our own feelings, and solve our own problems until we have detached from the object of our obsession.
~ Melody Beattie