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Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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Journalist
Sociologist
Provo
Utah
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Essentials
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Whatever
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Remember that it’s okay to ask for help when you’re stumped, because sometimes you really can’t be expected to handle everything alone.
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Just one mental shift-focusing on the abundance of your environment-switches your psychological settings so that your life automatically improves in many areas you may think are unrelated. This is essentially a leap from fear to faith.
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Having fun is not a diversion from a successful life it is the pathway to it.
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To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.
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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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You shine for who you are ... because no one can steal your light.
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If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.
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Recurrent floods of sadness and anger gradually wash away the rubble of the defunct relationship, leaving only the bits of treasure: the remembered moments of real communion, a new understanding of your own mistakes, a clear picture of the dysfunctions you will never tolerate again.
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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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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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If you begin to face your fears, something bittersweet is going to happen to you: You'll grow up.
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You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school.
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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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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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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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No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.
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