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Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
Author
Journalist
Sociologist
Provo
Utah
Anyone
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Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.
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Truth itself is something you live, not something you think.
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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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All religious leaders and spiritual teachers emphasize finding a place within us that is true. People who obsessively follow these leaders instead of their own purpose attach to the spiritual leader and become fanatical and controlling. That's why Jesus tried to tell his followers not to get attached to outward form.
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Your first daily priority should be stillness, attention to what you really know and what you really feel.
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If you did nothing but pursue the truth about yourself for the rest of your life, you would never run out of fresh discoveries.
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Make a plan to change the world. For one night, don't disbelieve that you can.
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Good fortune has side effects.
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As much horror as we have always created, we are a species that keeps moving forward, seeing new sights in new ways, and enjoying the journey.
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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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I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.
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In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved to accommodate it.
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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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When making a decision, focus on what feels shackles off versus shackles on.
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The repercussions of one person living in stubborn gladness are incalculable.
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The idea is to identify a destructive thought pattern, then simply label it and watch it and let it pass by whenever it appears in your mind.
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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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Criticism is an alluring substitute for creation, because tearing things down, unlike building them up, really is as easy as falling off a stump. It's blissfully simple to strike a savvy, sophisticated pose by attacking someone else's creations, but the old adage is right: Any fool can burn down a barn. Building one is something else again.
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Menders of all times and places have taught that silencing the thoughts in our heads and opening to the experience of the body and emotions is the basis of all healing. It's the only means by which we can reclaim our true nature or feel the subtle cues telling us how to find our way through life.
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