If we are waiting for guaranteed courses of action, we may spend much of our life waiting. — 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
Gratitude helps us stop trying to control outcomes. It is the key that unlocks positive energy in our life. It is the… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Living our lives may not be an exciting prospect to some of us either. Maybe we've been so wrapped up in other… — 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… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
the more we are focused on controlling and changing others, the more unmanageable our life becomes. The more we focus on living… — 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
We can stop picking on ourselves for picking on ourselvesWe can cherish ourselves and our lives. We can nuture ourselves and love… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
We don't want to give the controls to someone else; we want those reins ourselves. We want to get our way. And… — 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
“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
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
“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
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
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
“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
Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment — Melody Beattie Copy Share
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
It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good. — Melody Beattie Copy Share
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.… — Melody Beattie Copy Share
