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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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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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To know what that true self is without social pressure is to know your true nature.
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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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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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What laughter is to childhood, sex is to adolescence.
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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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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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The past doesn’t exist except as a memory, a mental story, and though past events aren’t changeable, your stories about them are. You can act now to transform the way you tell the story of your past, ultimately making it a stalwart protector of your future.
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If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.
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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 idea is to identify a destructive thought pattern, then simply label it and watch it and let it pass by whenever it appears in your mind.
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I'd like to help repair the earth's ecosystems, and to fully live until I'm fully dead.
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If you think there is no action that you can perform in your current circumstances that will increase the supply of love in the world, you are believing a lie. At the very least, you always have the option to offer yourself kindness and understanding. That alone can increase the supply of love in the world.
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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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Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.
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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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Angels come in many shapes and sizes, and most of them are not invisible.
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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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Question every thought that causes suffering and test it against your own sense of truth.
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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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