The message carried by all the pioneers of codependency recovery was the same: Not only can we lovingly detach from other people and take care of our… - Melody Beattie

Not only can we lovingly detach from other people and take care of ourselves, it is our primary responsibility in life to do that.

An unexamined life isn’t worth living, or so they say. The problem with living up to other people’s expectations too much is that it doesn’t leave us time to have a life. Take a moment. Ask yourself this question, and don’t be afraid to look deeply: Are you allowing someone else’s expectations to control your life? Examine the expectations you’re living up to; then live by your own inner guide.

There is little in our lives we need to do that we cannot do better if we are peaceful.

It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere. — AGNES REPPLIER, The Treasure Chest