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.
BERNIE SIEGELWho else do you admire, and exactly what do you admire about them? Have your roster of role models ready and waiting to help you the next time you are perplexed.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Our Creator has given us five senses to help us survive threats from the external world, and a sixth sense, our healing system, to help us survive internal threats.
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Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
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By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves.
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The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life.
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We destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.
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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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Don’t try to help people to ‘not die’, help them to enjoy life!
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I grew up with sentiments such as, “Do what will make you happy, troubles are God’s redirections that something good will come from.
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Miracles and angels are a part of our lives, so anticipate them and tune in through your quiet mind.
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No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.
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For me, a lovely day is any day I wake up.
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Act as if you are the person you want to be.
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I know patients who bring a dozen roses to the doctor’s office. And, boy, the next visit, nobody forgets that. You come in and hey – ‘Here’s the lady who brought the roses’ vs. ‘Here’s the lung cancer.’
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An awareness of one’s mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.
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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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