When we don't ask for what we want and need, we discount ourselves. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Seek healing, a refilling of energy and spirit, as soon as you see that you need it. You don't have to push… — 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
Today I will simply accept. I will relinquish the need to be in resistance to myself and my environment in any way.… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Are you balanced? Do you share your time, your energy, your life, as much with yourself as you do with those around… — 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
Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. Prayer changes life. Sometimes an event has been manifested that needs to be stopped, midair. Don't… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Wants and needs are closely connected. And all our needs, even the ones we're not completely aware of yet, will be met.… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
We need to build downtime into our lives, so that we can have solitude without feeling overcome with guilt. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
This moment, we are right where we need to be, right where we are meant to be. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Today I will surrender to discipline. I realize that sometimes it takes time to see the fruits of my labors, yet I… — 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
I gave three years of my life to take care of my dying mother who had Alzheimer's disease. Being there for her… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be… — 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
Today I will realize that I'm powerless over other people's expectations of me. I'll think about what I want and consider that… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Do we really have the right to take care of ourselves? Do we really have the right to set boundaries? Do we… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Today I will honor, cherish, and love myself. When I get confused about what to do, I just have to remember that… — 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
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
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
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
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
