Quote

If somebody rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected.

Melody Beattie

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Melody Beattie
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 26
Author
Writer
St Paul
Minnesota
Bits
Choices
Stills
Still
Rejects
Real
Rejected
Much
Healing
Every
Worth
Would
Somebody

More quotes by Melody Beattie

Image
Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.
Melody Beattie
Image
Love means each person is free to follow his or her own heart.
Melody Beattie
Image
Worrying, obsessing, and controlling are illusions. They are tricks we play on ourselves.
Melody Beattie
Image
Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable.
Melody Beattie
Image
Writing forces consciousness.
Melody Beattie
Image
The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.
Melody Beattie
Image
Like it or not, i was already learning that in the worst and darkest time, I would find specks of light, moments of joy. What I didn't want to learn was the other, harsher lesson - that in life's brightest moments there would also be unbearable pain. p 87
Melody Beattie
Image
Gratitude turns what we have into enough.
Melody Beattie
Image
Anger is a warning signal. It points to problems.
Melody Beattie
Image
Let go of your expectations. The universe will do what it will. Sometimes your dreams will come true. Sometimes they won't. Sometimes when you let go of a broken dream, another one gently takes its place. Be aware of what is, not what you would like to be, taking place.
Melody Beattie
Image
God, help me let go of my need to be afraid. I welcome peace, trust, acceptance, and safety into my life. I will make a point of listening to my healthy, rational fears, and will relinquish all the others.
Melody Beattie
Image
Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.
Melody Beattie
Image
We cannot change others, but when we change ourselves, we may end up changing the world.
Melody Beattie
Image
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
Image
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
Image
There is honor in all work, in all tasks, but take it one step further. Make what you do a labor of love. Then your work will truly touch and change the world in the way you desire. The work you do, whatever your chosen field, will be work that heals.
Melody Beattie
Image
Today I will realize that I'm powerless over other people's expectations of me. I'll think about what I want and consider that how I respond to others' needs will affect the course of my life. I will own my own power and choose the course that's right for me.
Melody Beattie
Image
Arranging for and allowing ourselves to have fun is an important part of taking care of ourselves. It helps us stay healthy. It helps us work better. It balances life. We deserve to have fun. Fun is a normal part of being alive. Fun is taking time to celebrate being alive.
Melody Beattie
Image
The lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it.
Melody Beattie
Image
Codependents are reactionaries. They overreact. They under-react. But rarely do they act. They react to the problems, pains, lives, and behaviors of others. They react to their own problems, pains, and behaviors.
Melody Beattie