Marybeth

“If you did not have that person or problem in your life, what would you be doing with your life that is different from what you are doing now? How would you be feeling and behaving? Spend a few minutes visualizing yourself living your life, feeling and behaving that way—in spite of your unsolved problem.”
― Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

“People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.”
― Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

“Many of us react as though everything is a crisis because we have lived with so many crises for so long that crisis reaction has become a habit.”
― Melody Beattie, Codependent No More: How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself

“Love is an act of endless forgiveness; a tender look which becomes a habit.”
― Peter Ustinov