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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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Journalist
Sociologist
Provo
Utah
Childhood
Heartless
Adolescence
Laughter
Sex

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Peace is more than just a feeling. It's the mental and physical frequency where you'll find all your real power.
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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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Heading towards that inner home will take you places-both inside yourself and in the external world-which your heart will recognize as its native environment, even though you have never been there before.
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Welcoming imperfection is the way to accomplish what perfectionism promises but never delivers. It gives us our best performance and genuine acceptance in the family of human -- and by that I mean imperfect -- beings.
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It's only by starting in a place of peace that we find our purpose and power.
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I want you to notice is that-right here, right now-you’re okay. You may be in pain, you may be in fear, you may be in grief. But you’re here, you’re surviving this moment is okay.
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Any moment you spend attacking yourself is a moment away from your higher purpose and your power to love. Don't go there.
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Every day brings new choices.
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Take off your watch: the divine is speaking to you.
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The shortness of life, which we all discuss, but which is very clear to me at the moment, makes keeping and spreading a joyful peace more crucial than ever before. Let us keep our minds on what matters, which is our work, which is astonishment and gratitude. From this quiet magic comes a power for all other new years wishes to come true.
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Remember, intimacy increases with honesty. Share less to keep people away and more to draw them closer.
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Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals.
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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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Many people think passion is a fuzzy feeling that makes taking action effortless. In fact, it's the gritty courage and tenacity to forge onward.
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People who get what they want tend to be the ones who make the effort to know what they want.
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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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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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Don’t hide love. If you feel it, express it-not to demand that others love you back, but simply to live outwardly the best of what you feel inwardly. The worst that can happen to your heart is not rejection by another person but failure to act on the love you feel.
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