Quotes from Melody Beattie

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

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.

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.

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

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.

We don't have to do it any better than we can - ever. Do our best for the moment, then let it go. If we have to redo it, we can do our best in another moment, later.

Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.

Live your life fom your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.

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

I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need to do next is in our own hearts. All we have to do is listen, then take that one step further and trust what we hear. We will be taught what we need to learn.

I know when to say no and when to say yes. I take responsibility for my choices. The victim? She went somewhere else. The only one who can truly victimize me is myself, and 99 percent of the time I choose to do that no more. But I need to continue to remember the key principles: boundaries, letting go, forgiveness after feeling my feelings—not before, self-expression, loving others but loving myself, too.

Beliefs create reality