More Quotes by Melody Beattie
Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable.
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, remarkable things began to take place in my life.
Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.
Letting go of our ideas about how life should go is a choice that sets life's magic free.
Letting go means we stop trying to force outcomes and make people behave. It means we give up resistance to the way things are, for the moment. It means we stop trying to do the impossible-controlling that which we cannot-and instead, focus on what is possible-which usually means taking care of ourselves. And we do this in gentleness, kindness, and love, as much as possible.
Today I will stop trying to control my relationships. I will participate at a reasonable level and let the other person do the same. I can let go, knowing that the relationship will find its own life-or not-and that I don't have to do all the work, only my share.
We don't just get our choice; we get the consequence that choice creates.
Today, I will focus on what's right about me. I will give myself some of the caring I've extended to the world.
Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two.
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.
