I see people who die a few minutes after a doctor tells them there is no hope of a cure. They give up and go. Others get angry and find joy in proving the doctor wrong. Something within them is challenged and hopeful. Hope is the divine motivator.
BERNIE SIEGELTo me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs.
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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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I once heard a man say he knew there was a God, he just didn’t think he needed Him. It is nice to take care of yourself and be independent, but it is also nice to know that you have a resource to rely on in times of need.
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Open your mind to all possibilities and believe!
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It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world.
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A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying – but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
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Don’t try to help people to ‘not die’, help them to enjoy life!
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Each day becomes more meaningful, and your life is enhanced when your actions are guided by what inspires you.
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Traditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
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What a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: “Never consider yourself a failure-you can always serve as a bad example.” She is right. Failure can be a better teacher than success.
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At that time, they grow up, stop feeling loved, become depressed and start thinking-and what they are thinking about worries me.
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Refusal to hope is nothing more than a decision to die.
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You will notice at times that the new life isn’t what you asked for. But asking for specific items or for particular events to occur isn’t how I define prayer.
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Remember this: Now is the only time you have. When God created the universe, it was now. You can’t say to creation and energy, “I’ll do it later, not now.” Later doesn’t exist. Creation doesn’t know anything but now.
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Getting well is not the only goal. Even more important is learning to live without fear, to be at peace with life and ultimately death.
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When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.
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