Martha Beck Quotes - Page 4

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• Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.

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  Children, Grief, Anger

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• The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment.

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  Empowerment, Source, Process

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• Slow is fast, gentle is powerful and stillness moves mountains

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  Powerful, Moving, Mountain

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• Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.

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  Lonely, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• The way to find your own North Star is not to think or feel your way
  forward but to dissolve the thoughts and feeling that make you miserable.
  You don't have to learn your destiny--you already know it; you just have to unlearn the thoughts that blind you to what you know.

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  Stars, Destiny, Thinking

  Martha Beck (2009). “Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny”, p.18, Rodale

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• Many of us assume that we have to do things a certain way: ignore passion in favor of safer bets, act stoic amid inner turmoil, run on an upward trajectory of success and money acquisition at any emotional cost. But these are not rules.

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  Running, Monday, Passion

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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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  Jobs, Thinking, Nuts

  "Secret to finding unexpected miracles" by Martha Beck, www.cnn.com. November 30, 2010.

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• A joyful life isn’t about others; it’s about the brightness that is associated with being alive. Your path to it is through anything that replaces thinking with pure flight, pure joy.

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  Thinking, Joy, Alive

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• Own your failure openly, publicly, with genuine regret but absolutely no shame, and you’ll reap a harvest of forgiveness, trust, respect, and connection-the things you thought you’d get by succeeding. Ironic, isn’t it?

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  Regret, Ironic, Connections

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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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  Memories, Past, Events

  "Regret Nothing: Martha Beck on Saying 'Sorry'" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

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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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  Children, Powerful, Caring

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• Any moment you spend attacking yourself is a moment away from your higher purpose and your power to love. Don't go there.

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  Purpose, Moments, Attacking

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• Don’t worry that you’ve wasted time. Each moment -- no matter how frozen or confused -- was a useful and necessary lesson.

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  Confused, Worry, Lessons

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• A confession you make merely to illuminate the murky corners of your little life may end up lighting the path to freedom for a thousand other hearts.

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  Heart, Path, May

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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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  Kindness, Lying, Believe

  Martha Beck (2008). “The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life”, p.44, Harmony

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• Play until it's time to rest, then rest until it's time to play.

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  Play

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• Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help of multiple adults, making for an unsupported life.

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  Children, Home, People

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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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  Art, Moving, Form

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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