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Where your attention goes, your life goes.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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Journalist
Sociologist
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Life

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We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster.
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The holy days are the best times to focus on real enthusiasm, the inner source that lightens and sanctifies our lives all year.
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Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.
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Truth itself is something you live, not something you think.
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Many people think passion is a fuzzy feeling that makes taking action effortless. In fact, it's the gritty courage and tenacity to forge onward.
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People who get what they want tend to be the ones who make the effort to know what they want.
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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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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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Your first daily priority should be stillness, attention to what you really know and what you really feel.
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Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.
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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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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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Forcing yourself to think happy lies doesn't heal your dreams. Getting to the truth does.
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Learning to spot narcissists and deal with their destructive behavior can save you the world of hurt that awaits anyone who mistakes the near enemy for a friend.
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The more you claim your own destiny, the easier it will be to love unconditionally .
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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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To live a life that is wrong for you is a form of dying. There are people who have lives that look perfect. They try to be happy, they believe they should be happy, they are trying to like it, but if it's off course from their north star, they aren't satisfied.
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I want you to be supervised, all day every day, by people who forgive your errors and believe in your destiny.
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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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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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