When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. It is time to ask what can we do right, not what did we do wrong. Forgive yourself and move on.
BERNIE SIEGELLife is an opportunity to contribute love in your own way.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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I learned to say, “You didn’t die when you were supposed to so what’s going on?”, and they always had a story to tell me.
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Be grateful simply for being alive. When you are grateful for life, pure and simple, your life becomes one you can be grateful for. That may strike you as circular or even backward logic, but your attitude really does have an effect on how things work out.
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Most of us never stop to consider our blessings; rather, we spend the day only thinking about our problems. But since you have to be alive to have problems, be grateful for the opportunity to have them.
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You can find examples of how little we value ourselves everywhere you look. The signs on the front of the convenience stores where Stephen lives in Florida tell the story. Beer, ice, bread and milk are the big come-ons.
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I’m sure as an infant, no matter what I looked like, I felt like the most loved kid getting those massages. So I really think that was a big part of my growing and my brain developing.
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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’ve learned to ask people, “You’re doing very well so what are you doing? Let me tell other people.” So what’s made me who I am, my experience.
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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,
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Refusal to hope is nothing more than a decision to die.
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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 you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems.
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Your body loves you, but if you do not love your life, it will end it far sooner, thinking it is doing you a favor.
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Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
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It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.
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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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