Boundaries emerge from deep within. They are connected to letting go of guilt and shame, and to changing our beliefs about what… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Letting go of our ideas about how life should go is a choice that sets life's magic free. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
I know when to say no and when to say yes. I take responsibility for my choices. The victim? She went somewhere… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Today I will let go of my need for approval and my need to be liked. Instead, I will choose to like… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
...Help me let go of my need to stay immersed in negativity. I can change the energy in myself and my environment… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Today, I will let go. I will stop trying to control everything. I will stop trying to make myself be and do… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Today I will stop trying to control my relationships. I will participate at a reasonable level and let the other person do… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
God, help me let go of my need to be afraid. I welcome peace, trust, acceptance, and safety into my life. I… — 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
Let go of your expectations. The universe will do what it will. Sometimes your dreams will come true. Sometimes they won't. Sometimes… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn't good enough. I realize that… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Speak your truth. Listen when others speak theirs, too. When you let go of fear, you will learn to love others, and… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Today I will focus on a peaceful pace, rather than a harried one. I will keep moving forward gently, not frantically. I… — 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