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It's only by starting in a place of peace that we find our purpose and power.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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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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Learning to let go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisis—small or large, brother-in-law or end-of-quarter office lockdown—like a beach ball on water. The next time a problem arises in your life, take a deep breath, let out a sigh, and replace the thought Oh no! with the thought Okay.
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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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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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Forcing yourself to think happy lies doesn't heal your dreams. Getting to the truth does.
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Do whatever work feeds your true self, even if it’s not a safe bet, even if it’s like a crazy risk, even if everyone in your life tells you you’re wrong or bad or crazy.
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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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This very moment of your life, if you experience it fully, will show you astonishing wonders and exquisite delights.
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Every day brings new choices.
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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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Tiny steps will get you to your goal months and months sooner. A little is better than a lot.
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Question every thought that causes suffering and test it against your own sense of truth.
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If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you
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Take off your watch: the divine is speaking to you.
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Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.
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Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we feel 107.
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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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