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Angels come in many shapes and sizes, and most of them are not invisible.

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Angel, Shapes, Size

Martha Beck (2011). “Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic”, p.105, Harmony

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As any good Buddhist will tell you, the
only way to find permanent joy is by embracing
the fact that nothing is permanent.

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Buddhist, Joy, Way

Martha Beck (2008). “Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live”, p.18, Harmony

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To follow your life's guidance, you may have to reassign some seemingly important things to 'unimportant.' If you believe that pleasing your horrible boss or having a spotless house is a higher priority than playing with your children or sleeping off the flu, be prepared for a long and strenuous battle against destiny. Also, be prepared to lose.

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Children, Believe, Sleep

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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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Psychics, Giving, Choices

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Learning to let go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisis—small or large, brother-in-law or end-of-quarter office lockdown—like a beach ball on water. The next time a problem arises in your life, take a deep breath, let out a sigh, and replace the thought Oh no! with the thought Okay.

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Letting Go, Beach, Brother

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Perpetually doing, without ever tuning in to the center of our being, is the equivalent of fueling a mighty ship by tossing all its navigational equipment into the furnace.

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Tuning, Ships, Equipment

Martha Beck (2008). “The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life”, p.9, Harmony

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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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Hurt, Mistake, Enemy

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I have discovered that many of the things I thought were priceless are as cheap as costume jewelry, and much of what I labeled worthless was, all the time, filled with the kind of beauty that directly nourishes my soul... Now I think that the vast majority of us "normal" people spend our lives trashing our treasures and treasuring our trash. We bustle around trying to create the impression that we are hip, imperturbable, omniscient, in perfect control, when in fact we are awkward and scared and bewildered.

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Thinking, Perfect, People

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If you find yourself getting nervous stop and relax for three full breaths. Then take one small step, then another. That is how people get to the top of Everest.

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People, Finding Yourself, Relax

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Just one mental shift-focusing on the abundance of your environment-switches your psychological settings so that your life automatically improves in many areas you may think are unrelated. This is essentially a leap from fear to faith.

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Thinking, May, Environment

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My anguish came from my hypothesis that other people's hypothetical hypotheses about me mattered. Ridiculous!

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People, Ridiculous, Opinion

"10 Life Lessons You Should Unlearn" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 14, 2013.

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Though we often see life troughs as the universe's conspiracy to ruin us, they're actually our own true nature inviting us to lay down our weary heads.

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Ruins, Conspiracy, Weary

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Instead of hiding your loneliness, bring it into the light. Honor it. Treat it. Heal it. You'll find that it returns the favor.

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Loneliness, Light, Honor

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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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Home, Waiting, Down And

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I now believe that bêtes noires usually attack because we're thwarting our own destinies. Calming the beast turns us toward our best lives.

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Believe, Destiny, Calming

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You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school.

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School, Parent, Social Pressure

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You have the freedom to live and let live, to love and let love. Granting yourself that freedom is one of the healthiest, most constructive things you can do for yourself and the people who matter to you.

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People, Matter, Live And Let Live

"Love More, Care Less: ‘Detached Attachment’ and Other Boundary-Setting Ideas" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

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By the end of your incredibly arduous, disappointing, stressful journey, you will be your true self, in a place where you belong, with friends who truly understand you and bring all sorts of opportunities your way.

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Friends, Opportunity, Journey

Martha Beck (2008). “Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live”, p.338, Harmony

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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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Positivity, Creating, Challenges

"Love More, Care Less: 'Detached Attachment' and Other Boundary-Setting Ideas" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

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Adults under threat feel like children.

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Children, Adults, Threat

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People don’t cry when they lose their hope. They cry when they get it back.

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People, Cry, Loses

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Feel about yourself what you would have others feel about themselves.

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About Yourself, Feels

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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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Interesting, Stuff, Something New

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Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you.

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Circumstances, Teach

Martha Beck (2009). “Steering by Starlight: Find Your Right Life, No Matter What!”, p.211, Rodale

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Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you'll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding.

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Focus, Decision, Understanding

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