Quotes from Melody Beattie

Gratitude turns what we have into enough.

Gratitude can turn a meal into a feast.

I want people who have received a diagnosis of Hepatitis C to know that they didn't just receive a death sentence. They do have options, even if the person who gave them their diagnosis isn't aware of all of them. The path they choose doesn't have to be one of desperation.

Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out - in us, in someone else, in the Universe.

Love yourself just as you are.

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

The more we learn to love and respect ourselves, the more we will become attracted to people who will love and respect us and who we can safely love and respect.

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

Who you are is love. What love does is heal.

I pray for faith that my future will be good if I live today well, and in peace. I will remember that staying in the present is the best thing I can do for my future. I will focus on what's happening now instead of what's going to happen tomorrow.

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 says the acts are the same. p 19 I decide loving isn't for the fain. Its for the courageous. p 19

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.