Martha Beck Quotes - Page 9

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• To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.

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  Joyful, Whole, Activity

  "Oprah’s Life Coach on Achieving Your Goals" by Jean Fain, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 28, 2011.

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• Every aspect of your life, whether it's a task or relationship, personal or professional, will be based on love and joy. And when you get right down to it, nothing else really matters.

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  Friends, Business, Joy

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

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• Make a plan to change the world. For
  one night, don't disbelieve that you can.

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  Night, World, Plans

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• I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in my life.

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  Philosophy, Chinese, Asian

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• If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.

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  Levels, Want, Honest

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• The moment we begin tolerating meanness, in ourselves and others, we are using our authorial power in the service of wrongdoing. We have both the capacity and the obligation to do better.

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  Moments, Capacity, Obligation

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• I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.

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  Inspirational, Practice, Calm

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• What should you do now? Find a new way. A better way. Your way. The unknown, uncharted path through this wild new world that allows you---yourself, in your uniqueness--to reclaim the full measure of your true nature.

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  World, Way, Path

  Martha Beck (2011). “Finding Your Way in a Wild New World: Reclaim Your True Nature to Create the Life You Want”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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• I explain to everyone I deal with-co-workers, children, friends-that I'm transitionally challenged and they should call me on my cell phone if I'm even a few minutes late. Such calls often come in when I'm happily writing or rearranging the furniture. The monochrones in my life are so organized, they have no trouble remembering to remind me to show up.

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  Children, Writing, Phones

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• It's only by starting in a place of peace that we find our purpose and power.

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  Purpose, Starting, Places Of Peace

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• Try seeing your world and yourself this way, eyes open to whatever is before you, mind free of dichotomies. Are you good or bad, fragile or tough, wise or foolish? Yes. And so am I.

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  Wise, Eye, Mind

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• Silence comes in two varieties: One that nourishes and comforts; another that chokes, smothers, and isolates. Solitary confinement is the worst kind of imprisonment we can inflict on fellow humans, and if you are forced to keep silent about some dark secret, you live in solitary confinement. Without the bridge of communication connecting you to other human beings, you can’t share your burdens, can’t receive comfort, can’t confirm that you still belong. Silence is the abyss that separates you from hope.

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  Communication, Dark, Bridges

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• As soon as you think you know someone else's truth better than they do, you are in deep water.

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  Thinking, Deep Water, Truth Is

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• The heart is a tender but hardy organ. Daring to have a wonderful experience, even though you may get hurt, is the only way you'll realize its deepest desires.

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  Hurt, Heart, Desire

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• If you're a bit spongy, vulnerable to the unsettling energy of others, count yourself lucky. You've been given an incentive to armor up, to consciously screen out the ubiquitous stresses that afflict humanity.

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  Stress, Humanity, Energy

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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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  Commitment, Acceptance, Eating

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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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  Inspirational, Tired, Important

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• Constantly measuring ourselves against others sours and shortens our lives, robbing us of the very things we think it will bring: prosperity, love, inner peace, the knowledge that we’re good enough.

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  Thinking, Inner Peace, Prosperity

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• Menders of all times and places have taught that silencing the thoughts in our heads and opening to the experience of the body and emotions is the basis of all healing. It's the only means by which we can reclaim our true nature or feel the subtle cues telling us how to find our way through life.

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  Mean, Healing, Body

  Martha Beck (2011). “Finding Your Way in a Wild New World: Reclaim Your True Nature to Create the Life You Want”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

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• You do not owe anyone your time. When you realize that, others will respect your time much more.

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  Realizing

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• It seems to me at this moment that laughing is a serious thing, that it connects us with truth and love and God.

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  Laughing, And Love, Serious Things

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• Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renée Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length.

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  Encouragement, Worry, Needs

  "Stop Worrying! Anxiety-Busting Advice from Martha Beck" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2012.

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• The holy days are the best times to focus on real enthusiasm, the inner source that lightens and sanctifies our lives all year.

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  Real, Holy Days, Years

  "How To De-Stress This Holiday Season" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 22, 2012.

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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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  Mean, People, Giving

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• Trying to motivate yourself with fear is like screaming
  at a child, “Do something, dammit!” You’ll either
  freeze up or act in counterproducti ve ways. Fear
  widens the knowing-doing gap. Don’t use it.

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  Children, Knowing, Trying

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