I had patients who didn’t die because they had too many pets to try to find homes for. It’s why women live longer than men with the same health problems.
BERNIE SIEGELYou cannot fail at being yourself. A cat doesn’t try to be a tiger, and you shouldn’t try to be something you aren’t. You are a process, not a product. Your job is to discover what you are and create that creature.
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If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can’t help but learn.
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Life is an opportunity to contribute love in your own way.
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You cannot fail at being yourself. A cat doesn’t try to be a tiger, and you shouldn’t try to be something you aren’t. You are a process, not a product. Your job is to discover what you are and create that creature.
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Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
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Don’t try to help people to ‘not die’, help them to enjoy life!
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Take one role model, as often as needed. Set aside a few minutes today to fill this prescription so you will have it handy when you need it. Think now about who your role models have been. What do they offer?
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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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Our authority figures, particularly our parents are hypnotic. Their words are hypnotic literally to small children because of brain wave patterns.
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I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.
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You still won’t be perfect, but success isn’t about perfection-it is about authenticity. You are a success if you are being your real, authentic self.
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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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I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system.
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I performed wound care or minor surgery, I would always apologize for any pain I was causing the animal and they would lick my hand and not bite me out of anger due to the pain. They are also far more forgiving than people are of human beings and other animals.
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When you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems.
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Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.
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