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> [Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible-controlling that which we cannot-and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/letting-go-means-we-stop-trying-to-force-outcomes-and-make-people/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

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## More by Melody Beattie

> [Remember to be kind. Remember to be loving. Remember to feel all your feelings and to take care of yourself. But most of all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/remember-to-be-kind-remember-to-be-loving-remember-to-feel-all-your/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [“Frequently, when I suggest to people that they detach from a person or problem, they recoil in horror. “Oh, no!” they say. “I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/frequently-when-i-suggest-to-people-that-they-detach-from-a-person-or/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [...the plan will happen in spite of us, not because of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/the-plan-will-happen-in-spite-of-us-not-because-of-us/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/goals-give-us-direction-they-put-a-powerful-force-into-play-on-a/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/once-they-have-been-affected-once-it-sets-in-codependency-takes-on-a/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/prayer-changes-things-prayer-changes-us-prayer-changes-life-sometimes/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/it-s-not-what-we-don-t-know-that-hurts-us-people-say-it-s-what-we/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [“We don’t have to be so afraid of people. They are just people like us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/we-don-t-have-to-be-so-afraid-of-people-they-are-just-people-like-us/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/whatever-we-try-to-control-does-have-control-over-us-and-our-life/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/i-want-to-thank-each-person-who-has-the-courage-to-push-through-and/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/acceptance-is-the-magic-that-makes-change-possible-it-is-not-forever/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/don-t-violate-your-own-code-of-values-and-ethics-but-don-t-waste/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/it-s-our-job-to-first-make-ourselves-feel-better-and-then-make/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [Panic, not the task, is the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/panic-not-the-task-is-the-enemy/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [Today I will tell myself that I'm lovable. Just because some people haven't been able to love me, it doesn't mean that I'm unlovable.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/today-i-will-tell-myself-that-i-m-lovable-just-because-some-people/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

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