Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.
BERNIE SIEGELIf you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can’t help but learn.
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If our wholeness is interrupted, then our health suffers, and we need to find a way to restore our sense of meaning. When we move in the direction of that meaning, we’re healing.
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When we hate people who hurt us, we come to resemble what we hate, or worse, and then we suffer all the more. What is evil is our response. We have choices, and love is the most powerful eliminator of all.
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You too are a work of art.
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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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There is no such thing as an incurable disease, only incurable people.
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Act as if you are the person you want to be.
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Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.
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If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, “What would make me happy?” In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn’t work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs.
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You’ll see that love improves your vision and allows you to see more than your eye has ever seen before. But be forewarned:
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We are here to feel, wonder and gaze in awe at the world. Instead of just teaching our children how to use things and do things, I suggest we nourish their sense of wonder.
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A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying – but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
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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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Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.
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The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.
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The doctor that acts out of love doesn’t burn out. He or she may get tired physically, but not emotionally.
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