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You shine for who you are ... because no one can steal your light.

Martha Beck

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Martha Beck
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 29
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Journalist
Sociologist
Provo
Utah
Motivational
Light
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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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Take off your watch: the divine is speaking to you.
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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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Heading towards that inner home will take you places-both inside yourself and in the external world-which your heart will recognize as its native environment, even though you have never been there before.
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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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Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.
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In the pursuit of Knowledge, every day something is added. In the practice of the Way, every day something is dropped. Less and less do you need to force things, until finally you arrive at non-action. When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
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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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If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things. Otherwise, stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches 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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Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals.
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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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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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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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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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The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.
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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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People don’t cry when they lose their hope. They cry when they get it back.
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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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Learning to spot narcissists and deal with their destructive behavior can save you the world of hurt that awaits anyone who mistakes the near enemy for a friend.
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