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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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Journalist
Sociologist
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No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life's slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.
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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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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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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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Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die.
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Question every thought that causes suffering and test it against your own sense of truth.
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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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You do not owe anyone your time. When you realize that, others will respect your time much more.
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Sometimes a psychic tells you something and it feels wrong and others may be right on the money. It's your choice about whom to trust, and giving that trust is something we do ourselves.
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Every day brings new choices.
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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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People don’t cry when they lose their hope. They cry when they get it back.
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Make stuff up. Anyone who ever did something new or interesting was making it up as they went along.
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If a problem looks difficult, relax. If it looks impossible, relax even more. Then begin encouraging small changes, putting just enough pressure on yourself to move one turtle step forward. Then rest, savor, celebrate. Then step again. You’ll find that slow is fast, gentle is powerful, and stillness moves mountains.
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I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.
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Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.
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External circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances.
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Welcoming imperfection is the way to accomplish what perfectionism promises but never delivers. It gives us our best performance and genuine acceptance in the family of human -- and by that I mean imperfect -- beings.
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