Melody Godfred Quotes

I finally found my rhythm when I realized that even the steps backward were part of the dance.

We make it look easy. (It wasn’t. It isn’t. It never will be.)

Judging yourself is like throwing down an anchor when you're trying to swim.

If you’re only earning someone’s love by being less yourself, you’ve lost more than you’ve gained.

Fear of confrontation used to silence me. Self love raised my voice. Fear of failure used to immobilize me. Self love emboldened me. Fear of judgment used to consume me. Self love made me whole. Fear of abandonment used to anchor me. Self love helped me set sail.

I thought 2020 would be the year I got everything I wanted. Now I know 2020 is the year I appreciate everything I have.

All is not lost; you’re still on your way. Keep going.

I felt my feelings, and my heart said thank you. I spoke my truth, and my mind said thank you. I moved my energy, and my body said thank you. And because I did, my world said thank you, too.

If you feel stuck, move. Move your energy around. Through dance. Through conversation with someone who needs to hear your truth. Through honest words written on a page. Through fingers passing through an ocean wave or planting in the dirt. Move until your energy feels free. Unstuck. Vibrant. Resplendent. Powerful. Holy. Alive.

My wish for you: to be alone without being lonely to reflect without regret to anticipate without fear to love without dependence to give without expectation to grow without attachment to embrace yourself without exception to be here now without distraction to live joyfully without condition to choose yourself without guilt, shame, doubt, or hesitation.

New dreams take time. If the door has closed on the future you thought you’d live, give yourself time to dream up a new one.

If life feels impossible, remember: if you change, everything changes.

If your hard work feels unseen, stop making it look so effortless.

Once you can accept that the thing you want most might not happen, you can also accept that it just might happen, too. And either way, you will be okay.

The thing you are avoiding is most likely the key to you fully claiming your worth. Go there.

Sure.* Okay.* Fine.* *Fake words we should ban from our vocabularies that actually mean not okay, not at all.*

I felt abandoned so I embraced my own company.

When you realize you’re the “one,” life becomes less about searching and more about living.

I thought this would be the year I get everything I want. Now I know this is the year I appreciate everything I have.

putting everyone else’s needs first hasn’t worked, there is another option . . .

This was it. The reset she had been waiting for. But it didn’t happen as she had anticipated. It wasn’t luck or fate or a gift from the gods. It wasn’t circumstantial. It wasn’t handed down. It was earned. A thousand moments of self love that together formed the mountain she now stood upon, as she looked down upon the valley of opportunity she was finally ready to claim.

Once I realized My time is mine for me My energy is mine for me My healing is mine for me My love is mine for me My joy is mine for me The ones with whole souls Found their way to me.

Choosing yourself doesn’t make self care easier. It takes WORK to show up for yourself every day. But it does make sacrificing, neglecting, doubting, and compromising yourself harder. You simply won’t settle for that anymore.

Loving yourself isn’t about being happy all the time. In fact, it’s the opposite: it’s about loving even your sadness. It’s about claiming everything you’ve been through and everything you are—including your pain, your trauma, your mistakes, your wounds, your lowest lows, your shame, your regrets. It’s a love founded in integration and acceptance. When you can love it all, you will finally experience peace— within yourself and with your world.

The feeling you get when you start listening to your inner voice instead of shushing it.

By January of 2021, I was already deeply entrenched in the inconceivable changes the pandemic had thrust upon us. But it wasn’t until the dawning of the new year that I realized something: while the world had changed, so had I. I had shifted. Everything superficial, extraneous, and ego-driven in my life had fallen away. What was left? Only what actually mattered to me. From the isolation and limitations of the pandemic, I was gifted with something I had always wished for: clarity.

We climb the hill called more Because to stop would mean we’re less And settling for enough would mean We are nothing So we push a little harder Spin another plate, and then another Run on the wheel, faster and faster Until what’s left of us is an empty blur.

Expectation closed my eyes.

Choosing yourself might be the hardest decision you ever make because guilt, shame, and fear are powerful gatekeepers. Do it anyway. You are more powerful than they are. Much more.

Everything is impermanent. This is both our greatest comfort, and our greatest pain.

If you're only earning someone's love by being less yourself, you've lost more than you've gained.

I didn't realize how much I was carrying until I put it all down.

The conversation you're afraid to have is the one you need to have the most. Have it sooner.

I used to think if I was strong enough, I could handle everything on my own. And you know what I realized? "Strong" based on control is actually quite fragile.

If you love yourself even half as much as you loved your crush in junior high that you never even spoke to, you’ll be well on your way.

If you’re in a bad mood, have a headache, feel lethargic, can’t remember anything, are sensitive to pain, and/or can’t focus, there is a very good chance YOU ARE DEHYDRATED.

I’ll love myself whole. You love yourself whole. And with all our wholeness, we will love each other.

If putting everyone else’s needs first hasn’t worked, there is another option . . .

Her happiness was hers to cultivate. She was the cause, the catalyst.

The sun is still the sun whether it rises or it sets, and the moon is still the moon whether it is full or a crescent.

When I started approving my own choices, guilt and shame became powerless over me.

I didn’t realize how much I was carrying until I put it all down.

Sometimes I’m a joyful ray of sunshine. Sometimes I’m a melancholy beam of moonlight. Happy or sad, I am still whole, I am still worthy, I am still trying, I am still enough, I am still here, I am still me.

When you have an arsenal of “I ams” ready, it’s easier to drown out the “I’m nots.

I belong to me, you belong to you, let’s belong to ourselves, together.

You can’t pour from an empty cup, but you can’t drink from an empty cup, either. Pour the glass. Drink the water. You first.

Negative thought: I believed it so deeply it became real. Positive thought: I believed it so deeply it became real. Your choice.

Love is blind. seeing everything and choosing someone for everything they are.

If the sun still rises and the moon still glows and the tides still rush forward and back and the bees still hum and the earth still blooms and the wind still gently kisses your cheeks, then there are still reasons to be grateful.

Where your intuition leads, the entire universe follows. Trust her.

Some days you will feel victorious Some days you will feel defeated Either way, you are still a warrior.

I held the trial I was the judge, and the jury The prosecutor, and the defense Not a single witness, because I carried out my crimes in solitude I was the perpetrator, I was the victim I did it to myself, like I always do.

I let go of my expectations and stopped feeling disappointed. I stopped feeling disappointed and started feeling alive.

I let go of my expectations and stopped feeling disappointed. I stopped feeling disappointed and started feeling alive.

We wake up early. We exercise. We eat well. We work on healing our trauma. We smile. We drink water. We water our plants. We make time to volunteer. We excel at work. We excel as parents. As aunts. As friends. As caretakers. We work on our desire. We live by gratitude and die by kindness. We make eye contact. We limit our screen time. We look damn good. We moisturize. We exfoliate. We manicure our nails and tame our hair. We smell good. We read books.

it’s only when you embrace all parts of yourself that your authentic self can work her magic and enable you to make the impact on the world only you were born to make.

The best way to cope with an uncertain future is to be fully present.

Turning down help is paying full price for something that’s on sale.

My wish for you: to be alone without being lonely to reflect without regret to anticipate without fear to love without dependence to give without expectation to grow without attachment to embrace yourself without exception to be here now without distraction to live joyfully without condition to choose yourself without guilt, shame, doubt, or hesitation.

If women didn’t forget, diminish, or dull their pain, the human race would cease to exist. But if women forget, diminish, or dull their joy, the human race will cease to exist, too.