Melody Beattie
Melody Beattie
Melody Beattie is an American author of self-help books on codependent relationships...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
letting-go ideas choices
Letting go of our ideas about how life should go is a choice that sets life's magic free.
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.
waiting wasted-time universe
Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe.
anger warning problem
Anger is a warning signal. It points to problems.
peace acceptance needs
This moment, we are right where we need to be, right where we are meant to be.
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.
swimming difficult floats
When it's too difficult to keep swimming, float.
needs quiet quiet-place
Each life needs its own quiet place.
relationship good-relationship focus
Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.
change letting-go real
...Help me let go of my need to stay immersed in negativity. I can change the energy in myself and my environment from negative to positive. I will affirm the good until it sinks in and feels real. I will also strive to find one quality that I like about someone else who's important to me, and I will take the risk of telling him or her that.
caring people answers
What's a codependent? The answer's easy. They're some of the most loving, caring people I know.
trying doe our-lives
Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.
effort lessons turns
We learn the magical lesson that making the most of what we have turns it into more.