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Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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I want you to be supervised, all day every day, by people who forgive your errors and believe in your destiny.
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Most of our stress and suffering come not from events, but from our thoughts. Reframe from negative thoughts, and stress subsides.
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Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.
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At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.
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If a problem looks difficult, relax. If it looks impossible, relax even more. Then begin encouraging small changes, putting just enough pressure on yourself to move one turtle step forward. Then rest, savor, celebrate. Then step again. You’ll find that slow is fast, gentle is powerful, and stillness moves mountains.
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Sometimes a psychic tells you something and it feels wrong and others may be right on the money. It's your choice about whom to trust, and giving that trust is something we do ourselves.
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During the times we think we’re being “unproductive,” the seeds of new worlds are germinating within us, and they need peace to grow.
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Imagination is the doorway you walk through into every future moment. Are you walking through doorways to pain or to joy?
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If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you
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Here is the crux of the matter, the distilled essence, the only thing you need to remember: When considering whether to say yes or no, you must choose the response that feels like freedom. Period.
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The important thing is to tell yourself a life story in which you, the hero, are primarily a problem solver rather than a helpless victim. This is well within your power, whatever fate might have dealt you.
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Don't let your life revolve around whatever you're trying not to do or feel. Live to experience, not to avoid.
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Many of us have spent a lifetime trying to be what we’re not, feeling lousy about ourselves when we fail, and sometimes when we succeed. We hide our differences when, by accepting and celebrating them, we could collaborate to make every effort more exciting, productive enjoyable, and powerful. Personally, I think we should start right now.
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I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.
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The difference between success and failure isn't the absence of fear but the determination to pursue your heart's desires no matter how scared you are.
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Be brave enough to turn away from shiny objects, and toward the light that makes them shine.
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I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light.
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Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world.
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The repercussions of one person living in stubborn gladness are incalculable.
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Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable.
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