If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you
Martha BeckDon't let your life revolve around whatever you're trying not to do or feel. Live to experience, not to avoid.
Martha BeckExternal circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances.
Martha BeckA joyful life isn’t about others; it’s about the brightness that is associated with being alive. Your path to it is through anything that replaces thinking with pure flight, pure joy.
Martha BeckMost people go through their whole lives," John went on, "and never have one miracle happen to them. You've had dozens and dozens, and you still want more! It's like God gives you a brownie, I mean a really good brownie, but you can't be content with it. You want the whole pan of brownies. Nobody gets that.
Martha Beck