Quotes by Melody Beattie

About Melody Beattie:

Melody Beattie is an American author of self-help books on codependent relationships.
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Ever since people first existed, they have been doing all the things we label "codependent." They have worried themselves sick about other people. They have tried to help in ways that didn't help. They have said yes when they meant no. They have trie...

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We work it out, or live it out.

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Gratitude isn't a tool to manipulate the universe or God. It's a way to acknowledge our faith that everything happens for a reason even if we don't know what that reason is. ~Melody Beattie, 52 Weeks of Conscious Contact, pg. 34.

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I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people's lives, problems, and wants set the course for my life. Once I realized it was okay for me to think about and identify what I wanted, r...

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He talks about God, and loving God. he says that when we open to loving a person, whether that person is a spouse, friend, or child, we open our hearts to loving God. He says when we let someone love us, we're opening our hearts to god's love. he say...

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You don't blast a heart open," she said. "You coax and nurture it open, like the sun does to a rose.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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Few things can frustrate us more than trying to make a person someone he or she isn't; we feel crazy when we try to pretend that person is someone he or she is not.

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Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs.

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

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Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stre...

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Relationships are where we take our recovery on the road.

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

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Guilt can stop us from taking healthy care of ourselves.

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

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[Gratitude] turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity...it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.

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Author Bio

  • NameMelody Beattie
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornMay 26, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter