Your first daily priority should be stillness, attention to what you really know and what you really feel.
Martha BeckI now believe that bรชtes noires usually attack because we're thwarting our own destinies. Calming the beast turns us toward our best lives.
Martha BeckAs soon as you think you know someone else's truth better than they do, you are in deep water.
Martha BeckWhether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing to believe that something unseen is caring for you can be a life-shifting exercise.
Martha BeckThe effect of emotional venting is to sustain an unsatisfactory status quo. Most people think the opposite, that complaining is part of an effort to change an unsatisfying situation. Nope. Complaining lets off pressure so that we neither explode with frustration nor feel compelled to take the often risky steps of openly opposing a difficult person or situation. Keeping emotional pressure tolerably low doesn't change problematic circumstances but rather perpetuates them.
Martha Beck