What I try to get physically healthy people to understand is that they’re going to die someday. There is no way out. And dying isn’t failure, but not living is, so make use of your time. Don’t keeping waiting.
BERNIE SIEGELIt brought attention to my own feelings, and the realization that I never knew what the future would bring so to keep an optimistic view of it, because who knows what today’s events will bring.
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The simple truth is that happy people generally don’t get sick
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When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I’ll leave it and become grateful again. But until then, I will appreciate what I have and not whine about what I don’t have,
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You can’t control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.
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If you love people, you’ll enjoy your life. If you don’t, you won’t love anything you do.
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To me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs.
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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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If something controls you in a way that puzzles you, think of it as a mystery. Mysteries are best approached by closing your eyes and mouth to experience darkness and silence.
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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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I heard that when I had grown up and had no idea of the whole story because the family album had pictures of a covered carriage and my mother smiling so I assumed I was asleep.
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Don’t try to help people to ‘not die’, help them to enjoy life!
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I’m sure as an infant, no matter what I looked like, I felt like the most loved kid getting those massages. So I really think that was a big part of my growing and my brain developing.
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Traditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
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Be grateful simply for being alive. When you are grateful for life, pure and simple, your life becomes one you can be grateful for. That may strike you as circular or even backward logic, but your attitude really does have an effect on how things work out.
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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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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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