If a problem looks difficult, relax. If it looks impossible, relax even more. Then begin encouraging small changes, putting just enough pressure on yourself to move one turtle step forward. Then rest, savor, celebrate. Then step again. Youโll find that slow is fast, gentle is powerful, and stillness moves mountains.
Martha BeckTo 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.
Martha BeckTrue freedom starts with absolute honesty. The moment you call a problem by its real name, youโre already learning how to make it less harmful.
Martha BeckA 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.
Martha Beck