“We don’t have to be so afraid of people. They are just people like us.” — Melody Beattie Afraid Copy Share Image
Relax, you're on a journey of discovery. Let life reveal itself to you. — Melody Beattie Discovery Copy Share Image
Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life. — Melody Beattie Control Copy Share Image
Feel what you feel, know what you know, and set your relatives free to do the same. — Melody Beattie Feel 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 Anxiety Copy Share Image
Today, I will let go. I will stop trying to control everything. I will stop trying to make myself be and do… — Melody Beattie Control Copy Share Image
Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings. — Melody Beattie Feelings Copy Share Image
Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other peoples best interests. — Melody Beattie Best interests Copy Share Image
“Not only can we lovingly detach from other people and take care of ourselves, it is our primary responsibility in life to… — Melody Beattie Detach Copy Share Image
I used to be afraid of pain, didn't take a lot of risks, especially in love. I'm not as afraid anymore. I'm… — Melody Beattie Afraid Copy Share Image
LIVE your life from your HEART. SHARE from your HEART.. And your story will TOUCH and HEAL people's SOUL... — Melody Beattie Giving 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 Best Copy Share Image
Codependents are reactionaries. They overreact. They under-react. But rarely do they act. They react to the problems, pains, lives, and behaviors of… — Melody Beattie Behavior 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 Acceptance Copy Share Image
I didn't have to scramble up and down the ladder from despair to euphoria anymore, trying to convince myself that life was… — Melody Beattie Convince 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 Alchemy Copy Share Image
“Except for normal human emotions we would be feeling anyway, and twinges of discomfort as we begin to behave differently, recovery from… — Melody Beattie Human emotions Copy Share Image
Today I will not wait for someone to come to my aid. I'm not helpless. Although help may come, I'm my own… — Melody Beattie Aids Copy Share Image
“Take one or two steps more. Right around the bend is when we’ll see the Light. God isn’t late. We’re early. Don’t… — Melody Beattie Bend 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 Art 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 Achieve 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 Action 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… — Melody Beattie Codependency Copy Share Image
“recovery from codependency is exciting. It is liberating. It lets us be who we are. It lets other people be who they… — Melody Beattie Healing 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 Accepting Copy Share Image
“We don’t have to take things so personally. We take things to heart that we have no business taking to heart. For… — Melody Beattie Alcoholic 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 Care 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 Change things Copy Share Image
“Codependents appear to be depended upon, but they are dependent.” — Melody Beattie Depended Copy Share Image
