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Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. ↗

— Martha Beck

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As much horror as we have always created, we are a species that keeps moving forward, seeing new sights in new ways, and enjoying the journey. ↗

— Martha Beck

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Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can. ↗

— Martha Beck

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Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love. ↗

— Hector Berlioz

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The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are. ↗

— Martha Beck

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Bracketing has turned all my experiences, remembered and present, into a gallery of miracles where I wander around dazzled by the beauty of events I cannot explain. ↗

— Martha Beck

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Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young. ↗

— Martha Beck

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Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self. ↗

— Martha Beck

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If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things. Otherwise, stop fixating on stuff you can touch and start caring about stuff that touches you. ↗

— Martha Beck

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In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved to accommodate it. ↗

— Martha Beck

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