It's not what we don't know that hurts us, people say. It's what we believe is true that isn't that does the damage.
Melody BeattieThe lesson I was learning involved the idea that I could feel compassion for people without acting on it.
Melody BeattieI 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 feelingsโnot before, self-expression, loving others but loving myself, too.
Melody Beattie