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Today I will let go of my need for approval and my need to be liked. Instead, I will choose to like and approve of myself. The people who count (including me) will respect me when I’m true to who I really am (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Today I will honor, cherish, and love myself. When I get confused about what to do, I just have to remember that I need to be true to myself. I will break free of the hold that others-and their expectations-ha ve on me (Melody Beattie Quotes)
When you wonder what is coming, tell yourself the best is coming, the very best life and love have to offer, the best God and His universe have to send. Then open your hands to receive it. It’s yours (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Seek healing, a refilling of energy and spirit, as soon as you see that you need it. You don’t have to push yourself to give, do, or perform when what your body, mind, soul and emotions need is to heal (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Today I will realize that I’m powerless over other people’s expectations of me. I’ll think about what I want and consider that how I respond to others’ needs will affect the course of my life. I will own my own power and choose the course that’s right for me (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Life is always moving, changing, shifting into its next shape. The movement is natural. It is how we evolve. Let the shifts happen. Take responsibility for yourself each step of the way. Trust the new shape and form of your world (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. Prayer changes life. Sometimes an event has been manifested that needs to be stopped, midair. Don’t pray just when you’re in trouble. Pray every day. Surround yourself with prayer. You never know when you might need an extra miracle (Melody Beattie Quotes)
It’s hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing ‘right,’ which is probably a survival behavior learned from growing up in a crazy family. It feels like you will actually disappear (Melody Beattie Quotes)
I gave three years of my life to take care of my dying mother who had Alzheimer’s disease. Being there for her every need for three years might have looked codependent but it wasn’t because it was what I wanted to do (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe (Melody Beattie Quotes)
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 more spontaneous, more likely to say what I think. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
There are almost as many definitions of co-dependency as there are experiences that represent it (Melody Beattie Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Twelve-step promotes spirituality, not religion. It gives a practical, day-to-day spirituality that tells me what I can and cannot control. There is room to be imperfect and to be someone who struggles to find God. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
What do you do when life blindfolds you and spins you around? We think it’s our fault, that we’re to blame, when really we should be focused on being gentle with ourselves. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn’t good enough. I realize that I am good enough, and that my imperfections are part of being human. I let go of shame. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Going home means getting comfortable being who you are and who your soul really wants to be. There is no strain with that. The strain and tension come when we’re not being who our soul wants to be and we’re someplace where our soul doesn’t feel at home. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people’s best interests. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Let go of your expectations. The universe will do what it will. Sometimes your dreams will come true. Sometimes they won’t. Sometimes when you let go of a broken dream, another one gently takes its place. Be aware of what is, not what you would like to be, taking place. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
What’s a codependent? The answer’s easy. They’re some of the most loving, caring people I know. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Don’t violate your own code of values and ethics, but don’t waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
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. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
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 Quotes)
Relax, you’re on a journey of discovery. Let life reveal itself to you. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
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. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
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. It is wasted energy. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Today I will do something just for the fun of it. I will find something to do that’s just for me and I won’t worry about what I should be doing. I will learn how to make myself feel good and enjoy life to the fullest. (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Few things can make us feel crazier than expecting something from someone who has nothing to give (Melody Beattie Quotes)
Today, I will focus on what’s right about me. I will give myself some of the caring I’ve extended to the world. (Melody Beattie Quotes)