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If you did nothing but pursue the truth about yourself for the rest of your life, you would never run out of fresh discoveries.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel special, desirable, precious, innately good. Your lover couldn't have seen [these qualities] in you, even temporarily, if they weren't part of your essential being.
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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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If you're miserable, make a choice. If you're still miserable, you can choose again.
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People don’t cry when they lose their hope. They cry when they get it back.
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Tiny steps will get you to your goal months and months sooner. A little is better than a lot.
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I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.
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To attract something that you want, become as joyful as you think that thing would make you.
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I want you to notice is that-right here, right now-you’re okay. You may be in pain, you may be in fear, you may be in grief. But you’re here, you’re surviving this moment is okay.
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The knowledge of your destiny is available to you, well before it actually happens, as a message streaming continuously from your heart to your brain, written in the language of longing.
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My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind.
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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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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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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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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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Do whatever work feeds your true self, even if it’s not a safe bet, even if it’s like a crazy risk, even if everyone in your life tells you you’re wrong or bad or crazy.
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You're exactly where you're meant to be, meandering along a crooked path.
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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone.
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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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