I grew up with sentiments such as, “Do what will make you happy, troubles are God’s redirections that something good will come from.
BERNIE SIEGELIf 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives.
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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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It 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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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
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The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others.
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Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.
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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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Whenever you get around to doing what you want to do, it will be now. The things you need to do to live a happier, more fulfilling life-the only time you can possible start doing them is now.
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Not because I’m fascinated by the human body or want to understand death, but I like people and I want to help them. That also became my problem, because I couldn’t help everyone, I couldn’t fix everyone.
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What I learned was to live in my heart and to do what will make my happy, and that was not selfishness. It didn’t matter what job I took, my mother’s answer was, “Do what will make you happy.”
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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Do not go looking for problems to feed your soul. Just let life be your teacher. It will nourish you with its inevitable difficulties.
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It is astounding how much the immune system is strengthened by reducing daily mental stress levels with either visualization or meditation.
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Those who look on the world with love will need a handkerchief, not to use as a blindfold, but to blow their nose and dry their tears.
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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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