Melody Beattie Quotes About Feelings

Quotes about: Feelings

• Today I will refuse to jump into the middle of others' affairs, issues, and relationships. I will trust others to work out their own problems, including the ideas and feelings they want to communicate to each other.

  Melody Beattie

  Ideas, Issues, Work Out

• Today I will focus on a peaceful pace, rather than a harried one. I will keep moving forward gently, not frantically. I will let go of my need to be anxious and upset and will replace these feelings with calmness and harmony.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, Moving, Focus

• 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.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, Responsibility, Keys

  Melody Beattie (2013). “Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself”, p.11, Hazelden Publishing

• We can stop picking on ourselves for picking on ourselvesWe can cherish ourselves and our lives. We can nuture ourselves and love ourselves. We can accept our wonderful selves, with all our faults, foibles, strong points, weak points, feelings, thoughts, and everything else. It's the best thing we've got going for us. It's who we are, and who we were meant to be. And it's not a mistake. We are the greatest thing that will ever happen to us. Believe it. It makes life much easier.

  Melody Beattie

  Strong, Mistake, Believe

• Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.

  Melody Beattie

  Pain, Real, Responsibility

  Melody Beattie (2013). “Melody Beattie 4 Title Bundle: Codependent No More and 3 Other Best Sellers by Melody Beattie: A collection of four Melody Beattie best sellers”, Hazelden Publishing

• Remember to be kind. Remember to be loving.
  Remember to feel all your feelings and to take care of yourself.
  But most of all, remember to be happy.

  Melody Beattie

  Feelings, Care, Be Kind

  Melody Beattie (2013). “Journey to the Heart: Daily Meditations on the Path to Freeing Your Soul”, p.8, Harper Collins

• We need to build downtime into our lives, so that we can have solitude without feeling overcome with guilt.

  Melody Beattie

  Solitude, Feelings, Guilt

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