Martha Beck Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)
Martha Beck quotes and sayings page 4 (author). Here's quote # 31 through 40 out of the 132 we have.
“To complete your daily mental hygiene, observe any part of you that is upset or anxious, and offer that part of yourself the following simple wishes: 'May you be well. May you be happy. May you be free from suffering.' Repeat this until you actually mean it.”
“Ten years ago, I still feared loss enough to abandon myself in order to keep things stable. I'd smile when I was sad, pretend to like people who appalled me. What I now know is that losses aren't cataclysmic if they teach the heart and soul their natural cycle of breaking and healing.”
“The great power of separating the watching mind from the thinking mind is that the watching mind is innately loving. Some call this part of the psyche the 'compassionate witness.' Sharing our difficult feelings with a compassionate witness is the crucial step that heals the infinite small wounds inflicted upon the soul by everyday life.”
“To live a life that is wrong for you is a form of dying. There are people who have lives that look perfect. They try to be happy, they believe they should be happy, they are trying to like it, but if it's off course from their north star, they aren't satisfied.”
“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.”
“Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals.”
“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.”
“When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity.”
“Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.”
“No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.”
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