Boundaries emerge from deep within. They are connected to letting go of guilt and shame, and to changing our beliefs about what we deserve. As our thinking about this becomes clearer, so will our boundaries. Boundaries are also connected to a Higher Timing than our own. We’ll set a limit when we’re ready, and not a moment before. So will others. There’s something magical about reaching that point of becoming ready to set a limit. We know we mean what we say; others take us seriously too. Things change, not because we’re controlling others, but because we’ve changed.
Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating. - Melody Beattie
Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
- Melody Beattie
It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right. - Melody Beattie
It's so easy to look around and notice what's wrong. It takes practice to see what's right.
If that person doesn't want to be in your life, just let him or her leave. - Melody Beattie
If that person doesn't want to be in your life, just let him or her leave.
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 th… - Melody Beattie
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 th…
Accept yourself. Love yourself just as you are. Your finest work, your best moments, your joy, peace, and healing come when you love yourself. You gi… - Melody Beattie
Accept yourself. Love yourself just as you are. Your finest work, your best moments, your joy, peace, and healing come when you love yourself. You gi…
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 me… - Melody Beattie
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 me…
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 anothe… - Melody Beattie
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 anothe…
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 cl… - Melody Beattie
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 cl…
Wants and needs are closely connected. And all our needs, even the ones we're not completely aware of yet, will be met. Be grateful that God knows mo… - Melody Beattie
Wants and needs are closely connected. And all our needs, even the ones we're not completely aware of yet, will be met. Be grateful that God knows mo…
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