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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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You're exactly where you're meant to be, meandering along a crooked path.
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We virtually never feel our age, but thinking that we should can lead to disaster.
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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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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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This very moment of your life, if you experience it fully, will show you astonishing wonders and exquisite delights.
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Where your attention goes, your life goes.
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A joyful life isn’t about others it’s about the brightness that is associated with being alive. Your path to it is through anything that replaces thinking with pure flight, pure joy.
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Forcing yourself to think happy lies doesn't heal your dreams. Getting to the truth does.
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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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To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature.
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Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.
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Many of us assume that we have to do things a certain way: ignore passion in favor of safer bets, act stoic amid inner turmoil, run on an upward trajectory of success and money acquisition at any emotional cost. But these are not rules.
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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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Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.
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Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.
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Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.
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The end goal of all of this striving is to live joyfully, and that there are often more direct ways of achieving this than conforming to rigid standards set by social custom.
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What should you do now? Find a new way. A better way. Your way. The unknown, uncharted path through this wild new world that allows you---yourself, in your uniqueness--to reclaim the full measure of your true nature.
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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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Make a plan to change the world. For one night, don't disbelieve that you can.
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