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 SIEGELWhen you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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For me, a lovely day is any day I wake up.
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Do not be afraid to love. Remember dear old Don Quixote, viewing the world with love. He saw many beautiful things no one else saw. Try being dear Don Quixote for a day.
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I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.
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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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I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.
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I love how Mother Theresa said she wouldn’t attend an anti-war rally but if there was a peace rally to call her. So I realized it’s not about waging a war against everybody’s disease and diagnosis but rather about helping them live.
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If God came in and said, I want you to be happy for the rest of your life, what would you do?
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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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I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives.
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One’s attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.
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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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I truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their mistakes.
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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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The #1 problem most patients face is the inability to love themselves
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