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What laughter is to childhood, sex is to adolescence.
Martha Beck
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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the healthiest, most constructive things you can do for yourself and the people who matter to you.
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To attract something that you want, become as joyful as you think that thing would make you.
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When fear makes your choices for you, no security measures on earth will keep the things you dread from finding you. But if you can avoid avoidance - if you can choose to embrace experiences out of passion, enthusiasm, and a readiness to feel whatever arises - then nothing, nothing in all this dangerous world, can keep you from being safe.
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Perpetually doing, without ever tuning in to the center of our being, is the equivalent of fueling a mighty ship by tossing all its navigational equipment into the furnace.
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I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.
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Don’t worry that you’ve wasted time. Each moment -- no matter how frozen or confused -- was a useful and necessary lesson.
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Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back.
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Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.
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A confession you make merely to illuminate the murky corners of your little life may end up lighting the path to freedom for a thousand other hearts.
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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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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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Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want.
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You're exactly where you're meant to be, meandering along a crooked path.
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Truth itself is something you live, not something you think.
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A joyful life isn’t about others it’s about the brightness that is associated with being alive. Your path to it is through anything that replaces thinking with pure flight, pure joy.
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If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.
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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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Trust in your truth. It will be the best decision you ever make.
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Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.
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