Take one role model, as often as needed. Set aside a few minutes today to fill this prescription so you will have it handy when you need it. Think now about who your role models have been. What do they offer?
BERNIE SIEGELYou 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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.
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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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Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
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I find new and healing images in that dark, silent place away from emotions that control me.
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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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For me, a lovely day is any day I wake up.
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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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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
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Don’t try to help people to ‘not die’, help them to enjoy life!
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The words of love you hear, and the life you feel touching your body and soul, then you know you have discovered the great value of misfortune.
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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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If you see what you do each day as your way of loving the world and helping it heal, then life gets to be a lot different. The difference between burning up and burning out is the difference between loving what you are doing and not loving it.
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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.
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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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God is in everyone and everything. When we save each other or guide each other or just love each other.
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