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,
BERNIE SIEGELDo not be afraid to close your eyes and be silent in prayer, meditation, rest or sleep. In those states you may rediscover a new self. Then your life, time and thoughts will become yours again and you can live your unique myth.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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How will you know whether you are letting life teach you and nourish you? If your physical senses become more sensitive to the beauty you see.
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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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I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.
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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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The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others.
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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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At the end of the day, she noticed that everybody around her was happy, too- so she didn’t quit after all. She decided to come to work happy instead. Two years later, she’s still on the job, radiating happiness and love.
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Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.
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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.
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Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people.
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Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.
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Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
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There is no such thing as an incurable disease, only incurable people.
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