Melody Beattie Quotes About Letting Go

Quotes about: Letting Go

• 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.

  Melody Beattie

  Life, Relationship, Letting Go

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

  Melody Beattie

  Motivational, Moving On, Trust

  Melody Beattie (1990). “The Language of Letting Go”, p.254, Hazelden Publishing

• Today I will learn to reject shame. Shame is an overwhelming sense that who I am isn't good enough. I realize that I am good enough, and that my imperfections are part of being human. I let go of shame.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, Who I Am, Imperfection

• 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.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, Kindness, Giving Up

  Melody Beattie (2009). “More Language of Letting Go: 366 New Daily Meditations”, p.16, Hazelden Publishing

• 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.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, People, Needs

• 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

• 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

  Letting Go, Acceptance, Safety

• Quit hanging on to the handrails . . . Let go. Surrender. Go for the ride of your life. Do it every day.

  Melody Beattie

  Life, Letting Go, Hanging On

• 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.

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  Letting Go, Dream, Broken

  Melody Beattie (2009). “More Language of Letting Go: 366 New Daily Meditations”, p.24, Hazelden Publishing

• 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

• If that person doesn't want to be in your life, just let him or her leave.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, Want, Persons

  Melody Beattie (2009). “More Language of Letting Go: 366 New Daily Meditations”, p.277, Hazelden Publishing

• Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, Stress, Hands

• 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.

  Melody Beattie

  Life, Success, Letting Go

• Today, I will let go. I will stop trying to control everything. I will stop trying to make myself be and do better, and I will let myself be.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, Trying, Today

  Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

• Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, Resentment, Hardened

  Melody Beattie (1990). “The Language of Letting Go”, p.20, Hazelden Publishing

• Letting go of our ideas about how life should go is a choice that sets life's magic free.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, Ideas, Choices

• Speak your truth.
  Listen when others speak theirs, too.
  When you let go of fear, you will learn to love others,
  and you will let them love you.
  Do not be afraid of dying.
  But do not be afraid to live.
  Ask yourself what that means.
  Open your heart to love, for that is why you are here.
  And know that you are, and always have been One
  with Me and all who live.

  Melody Beattie

  Letting Go, Love You, Heart

• ...Help me let go of my need to stay immersed in negativity. I can change the energy in myself and my environment from nega­tive to positive. I will affirm the good until it sinks in and feels real. I will also strive to find one quality that I like about someone else who's important to me, and I will take the risk of telling him or her that.

  Melody Beattie

  Change, Letting Go, Real

  Melody Beattie (2003). “The Language of Letting Go: A Meditation Book and Journal for Daily Reflections”, Hazelden Publishing

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