If you're a bit spongy, vulnerable to the unsettling energy of others, count yourself lucky. You've been given an incentive to armor up, to consciously screen out the ubiquitous stresses that afflict humanity.
Martha BeckIf 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.
Martha BeckAnything you're trying to will is focused on the future; it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present moment somewhat uncomfortable.
Martha Beck