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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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Your individuality is the most valuable thing you have.
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Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.
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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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The repercussions of one person living in stubborn gladness are incalculable.
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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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Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable.
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External circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances.
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Most unhappy people need to learn just one lesson: how to see themselves through the lens of genuine compassion, and treat themselves accordingly.
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If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you
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Having fun is not a diversion from a successful life it is the pathway to it.
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The more you claim your own destiny, the easier it will be to love unconditionally .
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There has never been, and never will be, anyone who sees, thinks, or responds exactly the way you do. Whether you’re revolutionizing physics or making a quilt, you must display your differences to make a difference.
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Remember, intimacy increases with honesty. Share less to keep people away and more to draw them closer.
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Here is the crux of the matter, the distilled essence, the only thing you need to remember: When considering whether to say yes or no, you must choose the response that feels like freedom. Period.
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Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.
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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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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.
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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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Most people go through their whole lives, John went on, and never have one miracle happen to them. You've had dozens and dozens, and you still want more! It's like God gives you a brownie, I mean a really good brownie, but you can't be content with it. You want the whole pan of brownies. Nobody gets that.
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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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