Sometimes, we don't get what we want. . . But this is a benevolent universe. And once in a while, we do. — 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
When you wonder what is coming, tell yourself the best is coming, the very best life and love have to offer, the… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe. — 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
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
Nurtured, nourished people, who love themselves and care for themselves, are the delight of the Universe. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't a tool to manipulate the universe or God. It's a way to acknowledge our faith that everything happens for a… — 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 never do that. I love him, or her, too much. I care too much to do that. This problem or person is too important to me. I have to stay attached!” My answer to that is,… — 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 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 a destructive habit. Once you've got it, you've got it. If you want to get rid of it, YOU have to do something to make it go away. It doesn't matter whose fault it is. Your… — 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 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 as codependency—who learn what it means to take care of themselves. “Nobody taught me how to take care of myself,” a fifty-year-old woman told me recently. “I didn’t have enough money to go to therapy, but… — 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 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
