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God, help me remember that when I admit and accept the truth, I'll be given the power and guidance to change. — Melody Beattie

Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two. — Melody Beattie

Worrying, obsessing, and controlling are illusions. They are tricks we play on ourselves. — Melody Beattie

Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings. — Melody Beattie

If it's unenvironmental it is uneconomical. That is the rule of nature — Mollie Beattie

There are two types of women in the world, Beattie, those who do things and those who have things done to them. — Kimberley Freeman

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that. — Ann Beattie

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

This moment, we are right where we need to be, right where we are meant to be. — Melody Beattie

Nothing is so lovely as a quietly snoring dog and some evening Brahms, as you sit in a comfortably overstuffed chair with your feet on the footstool. — Ann Beattie

Women are obviously much more discriminated against than men in many ways. — Ann Beattie

Others do not have our magic. We have our magic. It is in us. — Melody Beattie

Anger is a warning signal. It points to problems. — Melody Beattie

Sometimes, we don't get what we want ... But this is a benevolent universe. And once in a while, we do. — Melody Beattie

Expressing passion and gratitude will guide your life. Say it again and again. Say it until you believe it. Say it until you live it. — Melody Beattie

Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we become empowered. — Melody Beattie

Everything comes at its appointed moment. - Joseph R. Sizoo — Melody Beattie

If we want to change what happens, we change what we believe and expect. — Melody Beattie

Start today to follow your heart.
Map out your own journey.
Have the adventure of a lifetime. — Melody Beattie

The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it. — Melody Beattie

The formula is simple: In any given situation, detach and ask, What do I need to do to take care of myself? — Melody Beattie

The real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children. — Ann Beattie

Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give. — Melody Beattie

Feel what you feel, know what you know, and set your relatives free to do the same. — Melody Beattie

Perspective will come in retrospect. — Melody Beattie

I don't even correct people when they mispronounce my name now. — Ann Beattie

Today, I will wait if the way is not clear. I will trust that out of the chaos will come clarity. — Melody Beattie

Some deemed him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad. — James Beattie

Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating. — Melody Beattie

Some therapists have proclaimed: 'Co-dependency is anything, and everyone is co-dependent.' — Melody Beattie

Also minimalism is a term that all of us who share so little in common and who are lumped together as minimalists are not terribly happy with. — Ann Beattie

Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment — Melody Beattie

Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free. — Melody Beattie

Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life. — Melody Beattie

I've spent my life supporting myself. — Ann Beattie

Who you are is love. What love does is heal. — Melody Beattie

Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests. — Melody Beattie

Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself. — Melody Beattie

Relax, you're on a journey of discovery. Let life reveal itself to you. — Melody Beattie

Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't. — Melody Beattie

Letting go of our ideas about how life should go is a choice that sets life's magic free. — Melody Beattie

If you have done nothing to feel embarrassed about, don't feel embarrassed. I know this is a tough concept, but it can be mastered. — Melody Beattie

From labour health, from health contentment spring; contentment opes the source of every joy. — James Beattie

He thought as a sage, though he felt like a man. — James Beattie

No - simple to pronounce, hard to say. — Melody Beattie

The only person you can now or ever change is yourself. The only person that it is your business to control is yourself. — Melody Beattie

There are almost as many definitions of co-dependency as there are experiences that represent it. — Melody Beattie

Be patient. Relax and trust. Let go. Then, let go some more. — Melody Beattie

We are on a very rich emotional and physical journey on this planet. — Melody Beattie

We do not lead others into the Light by stepping into the darkness with them. — Melody Beattie

Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe. — James Beattie

Beliefs create reality — Melody Beattie

Believing that things happen too slowly or too quickly is an illusion. Timing is perfect. — Melody Beattie

I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak. — Ann Beattie

Whatever one intends, the work takes on a life of its own. — Ann Beattie

What's a codependent? The answer's easy. They're some of the most loving, caring people I know. — Melody Beattie

If you could have a book called My Favorite Six Stories, I don't think I'd have trouble doing that. — Ann Beattie

It's interesting, though, that in daily life, I think of myself as being relatively unobservant. — Ann Beattie

Taking time to rest, renew, and refresh yourself isn't wasted time. Recharge. Choose what energizes you. — Melody Beattie

In every age and every man there is something to praise as well as to blame. — James Beattie

Relationships are where we take our recovery on the road. — Melody Beattie

When we don't ask for what we want and need, we discount ourselves. — Melody Beattie

Panic is our great enemy. — Melody Beattie

Detaching does not mean we don't care. It means we learn to love, care, and be involved without going crazy. — Melody Beattie

And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb. — James Beattie

Today, everything I need shall be supplied to me. — Melody Beattie

I never know what the next lesson is going to be, because we're not supposed to know
we're supposed to trust ourselves to discover it. — Melody Beattie

Many of us react as though everything is a crisis because we have lived with so many crises for so long that crisis reaction has become a habit. — Melody Beattie

Love means each person is free to follow his or her own heart. — Melody Beattie

In martial arts, every time you graduate, move to another level, you don't forget everything you've done. You build on it, but it's always there. — Melody Beattie

We don't just get our choice; we get the consequence that choice creates. — Melody Beattie

Each life needs its own quiet place. — Melody Beattie

People who were dying: their minds always raced past whatever was being said, and still the pain went faster, leapfrogging ahead. — Ann Beattie

Craig Beattie's quick, he's very fast, and he's got great pace — Alex McLeish

The plan will happen in spite of us, not because of us. — Melody Beattie

If that person doesn't want to be in your life, just let him or her leave. — Melody Beattie

Other people maay be there to help us, teach us, guide us aolng our path, But the lesson to be learned is always ours — Melody Beattie

I saw people who were hostile; they had felt so much hurt that hostility was their only defense against being crushed again. — Melody Beattie

As an actor myself, I know we go where the work is, but I think it's sad the Lyric haven't found any homegrown talent. — Ian Beattie

I am not alone in bearing grudges against reviewers who have doomed a book's chances because they've missed the point, the tone, everything ... — Ann Beattie

A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her, and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior. — Melody Beattie

We need to build downtime into our lives, so that we can have solitude without feeling overcome with guilt. — Melody Beattie

It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good. — Melody Beattie

Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off-limits. — Ann Beattie

Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable ... — Melody Beattie

The pain that comes from loving someone who's in trouble can be profound. — Melody Beattie

Money is not evil. There is no scarcity, except in our mind and attitudes. And what we believe we deserve will be about what we shall receive. — Melody Beattie

I'd like to make a motion that we face reality. - BOB NEWHART, FROM THE BOB NEWHART SHOW — Melody Beattie

Recovery is not about being right; it's about allowing ourselves to be who we are and accepting others as they are. — Melody Beattie

What a country chooses to save is what a country chooses to say about itself. — Mollie Beattie

When our heart is broken, we can't hear it. And when we can't hear our heart, we can't hear God. — Melody Beattie

The only limitations on you are the ones you've placed on yourself. — Melody Beattie

Because I don't work with an outline, writing a story is like crossing a stream, now I'm on this rock, now I'm on this rock, now I'm on this rock. — Ann Beattie

We have as much time as we need. — Melody Beattie

Today, God, help me to know that it is okay to allow myself to be human. Help me not to feel guilty or punish myself when I need to "fall apart. — Melody Beattie

Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go. — Melody Beattie

Today, I will not wait for others to see and care; I will take responsibility for being aware of my pain and problems, and caring about myself. — Melody Beattie

If we are waiting for guaranteed courses of action, we may spend much of our life waiting. — Melody Beattie

Quit hanging on to the handrails ... Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day. — Melody Beattie

If somebody rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected. — Melody Beattie