Melody Beattie
Melody Beattie
Melody Beattie is an American author of self-help books on codependent relationships...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
Melody Beattie quotes about
enemy panic
Panic is our great enemy.
letting-go trying today
Today, I will let go. I will stop trying to control everything. I will stop trying to make myself be and do better, and I will let myself be.
real rejects-you rejection
Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay.
people may forgotten
Living our lives may not be an exciting prospect to some of us either. Maybe we've been so wrapped up in other people that we've forgotten how to live and enjoy our lives.
self-esteem people safe
We are more than our problems. Even if our problem is our own behavior, the problem is not who we are-it's what we did. It's okay to have problems. It's okay to talk about problems-at appropriate times, and with safe people. It's okay to solve problems. And we're okay, even when we have, or someone we love has a problem. We don't have to forfeit our personal power or our self-esteem. We have solved exactly the problems we've needed to solve to become who we are.
heart broken
When our heart is broken, we can't hear it. And when we can't hear our heart, we can't hear God.
pain light joy
Like it or not, i was already learning that in the worst and darkest time, I would find specks of light, moments of joy. What I didn't want to learn was the other, harsher lesson - that in life's brightest moments there would also be unbearable pain. p 87
caring two lines
Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two.
gratitude positive-energy negative
Gratitude turns negative energy into positive energy. There is no situation or circumstance so small or large that it is not susceptible to gratitude's power.
simple hard
No - simple to pronounce, hard to say.
letting-go ideas choices
Letting go of our ideas about how life should go is a choice that sets life's magic free.
adventure heart journey
Start today to follow your heart. Map out your own journey. Have the adventure of a lifetime.
control-someone differences giving
We don't want to give the controls to someone else; we want those reins ourselves. We want to get our way. And we get upset when things don't work out. . . . When we try to control someone else or events beyond the scope of our power, we lose. When we learn to discern the difference between what we can change and what we can't, we usually have an easier time expressing our power in our lives. Because we're not wasting all our energy using our power to change things we can't, we have a lot of energy left over to live our lives.
gratitude prayer grateful
Wants and needs are closely connected. And all our needs, even the ones we're not completely aware of yet, will be met. Be grateful that God knows more about what we need than we do. Sometimes when we pray, we get what we want. Sometimes we get what we need. Accept both answers-the yes's and the something else's-with heartfelt gratitude. Then look around and see what your lesson and gift is.