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When you're weary, find relief. When you're strong, find delight.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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Journalist
Sociologist
Provo
Utah
Weary
Relief
Delight
Strong
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If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.
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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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The difference between success and failure isn't the absence of fear but the determination to pursue your heart's desires no matter how scared you are.
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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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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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Having fun is not a diversion from a successful life it is the pathway to it.
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To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature.
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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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The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel special, desirable, precious, innately good. Your lover couldn't have seen [these qualities] in you, even temporarily, if they weren't part of your essential being.
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Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.
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