Everything always passes, and everything is already okay. Stay in the place where you can see that, and nothing will resist you.
Martha BeckYou do not owe anyone your time. When you realize that, others will respect your time much more.
Martha BeckInstead of hiding your loneliness, bring it into the light. Honor it. Treat it. Heal it. You'll find that it returns the favor.
Martha BeckAs soon as you think you know someone else's truth better than they do, you are in deep water.
Martha BeckTo make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.
Martha BeckEmotional discomfort, when accepted, rises, crests and falls in a series of waves. Each wave washes a part of us away and deposits treasures we never imagined. Out goes naivete, in comes wisdom; out goes anger, in comes discernment; out goes despair, in comes kindness. No one would call it easy, but the rhythm of emotional pain that we learn to tolerate is natural, constructive and expansive... The pain leaves you healthier than it found you.
Martha Beck