There's a secret to get through loss, pain and grief. If we're alone we can't see who we are. When we join… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
If we are waiting for guaranteed courses of action, we may spend much of our life waiting. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
If we are unhappy without a relationship, we'll probably be unhappy with one as well. A relationship doesn't begin our life; a… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
You don't have to search so hard for meaning and destiny. If you focus on keeping yourself clear and in balance and… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
If that person doesn't want to be in your life, just let him or her leave. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
You can clear the land, plow the field, spread the fertilizer, and plant the corn. But you cannot make it rain. You… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
We don't have to do it any better than we can - ever. Do our best for the moment, then let it… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Sometimes compromise is important. Sometimes it's better to give in to someone else's wishes in order to have fun as a group… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
We need to set goals for ourselves. Start today...if you don't have any goals, make your first goal getting some goals. You… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable... — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
We are more than our problems. Even if our problem is our own behavior, the problem is not who we are-it's what… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
If somebody rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Remember to be kind. Remember to be loving. Remember to feel all your feelings and to take care of yourself. But most of all,… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“Frequently, when I suggest to people that they detach from a person or problem, they recoil in horror. “Oh, no!” they say. “I could… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“Once they have been affected---once "it" sets in---codependency takes on a life of its own. It is similar to catching pneumonia or picking up… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. Prayer changes life. Sometimes an event has been manifested that needs to be stopped, midair. Don't pray just… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
It's not what we don't know that hurts us, people say. It's what we believe is true that isn't that does the damage. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“We don’t have to be so afraid of people. They are just people like us.” — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“I want to thank each person who has the courage to push through and past the set of coping behaviors we’ve come to label… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
