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Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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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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Though we often see life troughs as the universe's conspiracy to ruin us, they're actually our own true nature inviting us to lay down our weary heads.
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The more you claim your own destiny, the easier it will be to love unconditionally .
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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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If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.
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To care for someone can mean to adore them, feed them, tend their wounds. But care can also signify sorrow, as in bowed down by cares. Or anxiety, as in Careful! Or investment in an outcome, as in Who cares? The word love has no such range of meaning: It's pure acceptance.
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Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.
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Somewhere in there, among the worries, questions, advice and advertising jingles, lives your intuition, your true 'inner voice.' You can hear it to the extent that you give it your attention.
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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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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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To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.
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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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People don’t cry when they lose their hope. They cry when they get it back.
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.
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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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