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Play until it's time to rest, then rest until it's time to play.

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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Question every thought that causes suffering and test it against your own sense of truth.
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To be really productive, it's as important to rest when we're tired as it is to work when we're inspired.
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Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die.
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From a place of stillness, openness, forgiveness and acceptance you can renew your commitment to any eating plan you like.
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If you begin to face your fears, something bittersweet is going to happen to you: You'll grow up.
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Trust in your truth. It will be the best decision you ever make.
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Many of us have spent a lifetime trying to be what we’re not, feeling lousy about ourselves when we fail, and sometimes when we succeed. We hide our differences when, by accepting and celebrating them, we could collaborate to make every effort more exciting, productive enjoyable, and powerful. Personally, I think we should start right now.
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It's only by starting in a place of peace that we find our purpose and power.
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Imagination is the doorway you walk through into every future moment. Are you walking through doorways to pain or to joy?
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The heart is a tender but hardy organ. Daring to have a wonderful experience, even though you may get hurt, is the only way you'll realize its deepest desires.
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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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Be brave enough to turn away from shiny objects, and toward the light that makes them shine.
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The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.
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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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The part of you that is unhampered by illusion-the illusion of time, the illusion of powerlessness, the illusion of impossibility-i s waiting for you to slow down and open up so that it can speak to your consciousness. In some unguarded moment, you will hear its wildly improbable words and know that they are guiding you home.
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When you are in a creative or appreciative zone, you literally have no access to your inner lizard, to that fear-based, non creative, shrieking little beasty who's so afraid you're going to be a bag lady.
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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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Slow is fast, gentle is powerful and stillness moves mountains
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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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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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