A Place Like This

Tag: Martha Beck

  • Write Off

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Welcome to Friday,it's Joy Diet time. This week was about making connections. Throughout the course of this book Martha oftentimes catches me off guard with her innocent chapter titles. I know her premise is that by chapter nine, we are hip happening people so why not share the wealth. Maybe she is getting us ready…

  • The Blue Plate Special

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    Valarie Budayr
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    It's Friday and you know what that means……The Joy Diet. This week Martha had us laughing up to 30 times a day. "It's like a mental Drano" she says. It releases and purges our mental function. Did you know that children laugh 300 times a day?  Yep, I can believe that. I have a bunch…

  • You are what you play……

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Welcome to week 7 of The Joy Diet. This week aside from all the others has brought the most clarity. After reading the chapter and discovering what I play at best was an unveiling for me. After Martha walked us through our darkest moments and using 9/11 as an example, I've been able to see what…

  • Desires

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    Valarie Budayr
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    Here we are week three of The Joy Diet. Wow a lot to think about in this chapter and many layers to unveil. While continuing to go through all of the exercises in this chapter the one desire that kept coming up over and over again was that of service and usefulness. Humbly and gratefully…

  • Nothingness

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    Valarie Budayr
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    We join spokes together in a wheel, But it is the center hole That makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, But it is the emptiness inside That holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, But it is the inner space That makes it livable We work with being,…