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… — 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
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
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
Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests. — 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
The more we learn to love and respect ourselves, the more we will become attracted to people who will love and respect… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
The surest way to make ourselves crazy is to get involved in other people's business, and the quickest way to become sane… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
there are no knights on white horses, no magical grandmothers in the sky watching, waiting to rescue us. Teachers may come our… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
I saw people who were hostile; they had felt so much hurt that hostility was their only defense against being crushed again. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
It's easy to see and notice what we like in other people. Sometimes, it's not as easy to see the attributes and… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people's lives,… — 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
Furthermore, worrying about people and problems doesn't help. It doesn't solve problems, it doesn't help other people, and it doesn't help us.… — 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
I want people who have received a diagnosis of Hepatitis C to know that they didn't just receive a death sentence. They… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
other people maay be there to help us, teach us, guide us aolng our path, But the lesson to be learned is… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
We decided that sooner or later you had to learn to live without almost everybody, at least for a while. Even people… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
What's a codependent? The answer's easy. They're some of the most loving, caring people I know. — 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
Nurtured, nourished people, who love themselves and care for themselves, are the delight of the Universe. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Today I will tell myself that I'm lovable. Just because some people haven't been able to love me in ways that worked… — 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
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
