My view of addiction, whether it’s drugs, food, alcohol or any list of other things, is the same reason I asked my mother why I wasn’t a drug addict or alcoholic, which is because when you’re not loved.
BERNIE SIEGELIf our wholeness is interrupted, then our health suffers, and we need to find a way to restore our sense of meaning. When we move in the direction of that meaning, we’re healing.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Information doesn’t mean a thing to people without inspiration.
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Our Creator has given us five senses to help us survive threats from the external world, and a sixth sense, our healing system, to help us survive internal threats.
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I would never have had if I’d been fool enough to make them do what I thought they should do.
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Do things to make your day precious.
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What thoughts are so important that it is worth holding on to them even when they make you miserable? Why are you holding on?
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You’ll see that love improves your vision and allows you to see more than your eye has ever seen before. But be forewarned:
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The doctor that acts out of love doesn’t burn out. He or she may get tired physically, but not emotionally.
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The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life.
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Who else do you admire, and exactly what do you admire about them? Have your roster of role models ready and waiting to help you the next time you are perplexed.
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It’s the consciousness that has come into us from other experiences and our consciousness that we remain aware of when we leave our bodies and they communicate with us through dreams, and even through drawings which I do a lot of work with myself.
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Do not be afraid to close your eyes and be silent in prayer, meditation, rest or sleep. In those states you may rediscover a new self. Then your life, time and thoughts will become yours again and you can live your unique myth.
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It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.
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Life is an opportunity to contribute love in your own way.
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Money, financial matters were to help people, to help them survive, not to have a bigger house or a bigger car and that sort of thing, because I hear that from so many kids, they often don’t know why their father won’t spend more time with them.
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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
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