A man went to Istanbul, his first visit there. On his way to a business meeting, this man lost his way. He… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Much of the time, the things we feel guilty about are not our issues. Another person behaves inappropriately or in some way… — 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
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
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
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
Life is always moving, changing, shifting into its next shape. The movement is natural. It is how we evolve. Let the shifts… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
There is honor in all work, in all tasks, but take it one step further. Make what you do a labor of… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Today I will practice healthy giving, understanding that caretaking and compulsive giving don't work. I choose what I want to give, to… — 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
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
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
