Melody Beattie Quotes

Life is accepting what is and working from that.

Unending joy is actually closer to us than our own skin, and there is nothing we have to do or get or be to experience it. All we have to do is stop driving it away.

I have no definition of life. Just be happy and don't think about the past.

I saw that worrying had come to nothing and gave it up. And took my old body and went out into the morning, and sang.

I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things.

I don't worry about the things I can't change.

Find a place inside where there's joy, and the joy will burn out the pain.

I don't live in the past. I just live in the enjoyment of the game.

Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you got.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.

You can be happy where you are.

Let come what comes, let go what goes. See what remains.

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.

I'm living with every step. I can't live with regret. The past is the past. I'm not worried about it. I can't change it. I can't fix it. It is what it is. I'm just living.

Crying over what's gone won't find the present.

When I try to go with what's happening and embrace that as much as I can, it seems to be a much smoother journey for me.

Be happy now. It's a great Western disease that we'll be happy in the future - when we get higher status or that BMW or that promotion or this project finished. Instead, be happy now.

You can't really live in the past because the present is always present.

Whatever you accept completely, you go beyond. If you fight it, you're stuck with it.

The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.

And that works for me. So that if this is it, you better take it at its right proportion. That there are serious things, but most things are temporal and ephemeral, and you should cultivate that attitude. That joy and love and all the verities are what counts. So I try not to take too many things seriously, and if I find myself caught up in the seriousness of the moment, within a period of time, I'm able to cajole myself out of it.

I don't regret anything. Everything happens for a reason-it's part of the healing process. Life is a healing process.