Martha Beck Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Martha Beck
Martha Beck Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Martha Beck on Wise Famous Quotes.
Make stuff up. Anyone who ever did something new or interesting was making it up as they went along.
Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.
Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.
My anguish came from my hypothesis that other people's hypothetical hypotheses about me mattered. Ridiculous!
I once read that forgiveness is giving up all hope of having had a different past ... but forgiving is not the same as obliterating memory.
Conflict in close relationships is not only inevitable, it's essential. Intimacy connects people who are inevitably different.
Don't let your life revolve around whatever you're trying not to do or feel. Live to experience, not to avoid.
Do something today that you think is too delicious,
too selfish, too wacky to fit within the rules of your life.
too selfish, too wacky to fit within the rules of your life.
You will know how to stop suffering as soon as suffering ceases to be valuable. If you are in pain, you are being led.
Everything always passes, and everything is already okay. Stay in the place where you can see that, and nothing will resist you.
To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.
Even if you can be the world's best at one thing, you'll be the world's worst at something else. Supermodels make pathetic sumo wrestlers.
The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to choose love and defy fear.
What would you do if you knew that every good thing in your life depended on your getting enough rest? Because it does.
Don't worry that you've wasted time. Each moment
no matter how frozen or confused
was a useful and necessary lesson.
no matter how frozen or confused
was a useful and necessary lesson.
If you're doing something you love with people you love in a place you love, you are going to create something of value to the world.
If you're feeling intransigently ambivalent, it might pay to formally accept what's already happening - that is, decide not to decide.
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.
To be really productive, it's as important to rest when we're tired as it is to work when we're inspired.
This very moment of your life, if you experience it fully, will show you astonishing wonders and exquisite delights.
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.
In the moments I get it right, every step I take seems to be matched by a universal mystery, which obligingly, incredibly, creates what I can't.
As much horror as we have always created, we are a species that keeps moving forward, seeing new sights in new ways, and enjoying the journey.
Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.
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.
The power to bring me out of solitude - or to push me back into it - had never belonged to another person. It was mine and only mine.
Imagine the choices you'd make if you had no fear-of falling, of losing, of being alone, of disapproval.
Most unhappy people need to learn just one lesson: how to see themselves through the lens of genuine compassion, and treat themselves accordingly.
The holy days are the best times to focus on real enthusiasm, the inner source that lightens and sanctifies our lives all year.
Instead of hiding your loneliness, bring it into the light. Honor it. Treat it. Heal it. You'll find that it returns the favor.
The idea is to identify a destructive thought pattern, then simply label it and watch it and let it pass by whenever it appears in your mind.
Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.
Remember that it's okay to ask for help when you're stumped, because sometimes you really can't be expected to handle everything alone.
Most of our stress and suffering come not from events, but from our thoughts. Reframe from negative thoughts, and stress subsides.
Any moment you spend attacking yourself is a moment away from your higher purpose and your power to love. Don't go there.
If you did nothing but pursue the truth about yourself for the rest of your life, you would never run out of fresh discoveries.
Many people think passion is a fuzzy feeling that makes taking action effortless. In fact, it's the gritty courage and tenacity to forge onward ...
Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we feel 107.
I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.
If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you.
The only way to the Place beyond Fear is to do the thing you fear most. This is how to surrender to your best destiny.
True freedom starts with absolute honesty. The moment you call a problem by its real name, you're already learning how to make it less harmful.
If we're stuck with having expectations, there's a very good reason to embrace positive ones: It's that we often create what we anticipate.
Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.
To really boost your sense of self-efficacy, think of ways you could modify your usual tasks to suit your personal style.
No one can give you anything-love, shame, self-esteem- until you give it to yourself. Today, give yourself good things.
I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light.
Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals.
During the times we think we're being "unproductive," the seeds of new worlds are germinating within us, and they need peace to grow.
Don't fight fearful thoughts. Just match each one with an alternative thought that brings you more peace.
Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues.
Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world.