321 Quotes by Martha Beck

During the times we think we’re being “unproductive,” the seeds of new worlds are germinating within us, and they need peace to grow.

Don't expect the future to look like the past. Clear away expectations, and let yourself picture a wild, grand new world.

Everything always passes, and everything is already okay. Stay in the place where you can see that, and nothing will resist you.

I'd like to help repair the earth's ecosystems, and to fully live until I'm fully dead.

The important thing is to tell yourself a life story in which you, the hero, are primarily a problem solver rather than a helpless victim. This is well within your power, whatever fate might have dealt you.

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

Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.

Our thoughts about an event can have a dramatic effect on how we go through the event itself. When our expectations are low, it's easy to be pleasantly surprised. When they're not, we're vulnerable to painful disappointment. Because of this, many people spend a good deal of effort trying to avoid developing high hopes about anything.

External circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances.