Martha Beck
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Write Off
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… Continue reading
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The Blue Plate Special
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… Continue reading
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You are what you play……
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… Continue reading
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Desires
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… Continue reading
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Nothingness
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… Continue reading
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