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No part of your experience is wasted. Everything you've experienced so far is part of what you were meant to learn.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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Trying to motivate yourself with fear is like screaming at a child, “Do something, dammit!” You’ll either freeze up or act in counterproducti ve ways. Fear widens the knowing-doing gap. Don’t use it.
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You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the healthiest, most constructive things you can do for yourself and the people who matter to 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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Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you'll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding.
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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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Imagine the choices you'd make if you had no fear-of falling, of losing, of being alone, of disapproval.
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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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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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This very moment of your life, if you experience it fully, will show you astonishing wonders and exquisite delights.
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Play until it's time to rest, then rest until it's time to play.
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Conflict in close relationships is not only inevitable, it's essential. Intimacy connects people who are inevitably different.
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You're exactly where you're meant to be, meandering along a crooked path.
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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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Ten bajillion product ads notwithstanding, your looks are another thing that's basically genetic.
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When you're weary, find relief. When you're strong, find delight.
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Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back.
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The past doesn’t exist except as a memory, a mental story, and though past events aren’t changeable, your stories about them are. You can act now to transform the way you tell the story of your past, ultimately making it a stalwart protector of your future.
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Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.
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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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A true leader is not someone who feels fully informed but someone who continuously receives insight and guidance.
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