Martha Beck

The way that other people judge me is none of my business. ↗

— Martha Beck

#prejudice #business

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

— Martha Beck

#appreciation #fear #get #hopeful #into

Every day brings new choices. ↗

— Martha Beck

#choices #day #every #every day #new

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

#anyone #basic #brain #contact #exchanging

Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. ↗

— Martha Beck

#child #heals #inner #inner child #powerful

Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind. ↗

— Martha Beck

#any #few #interactions #kind #lonely

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

#created #enjoying #forward #horror #journey

Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact. ↗

— Martha Beck

#innate #intact #loneliness #proof #search

The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times. ↗

— Martha Beck

#average #child #day #laughs #more

Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we feel 107. ↗

— Martha Beck

#acquaintances #almost #case #coffee #elderly