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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.

Bernie Siegel

Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
BERNIE SIEGEL

Giving People Stories
What I learned was to live in my heart and to do what will make my happy, and that was not selfishness. It didn’t matter what job I took, my mother’s answer was, “Do what will make you happy.”
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Happy Heart Jobs Learn Mother Optimistic
I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet – each of us in our own way
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Believe Contribute Each Love Way
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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Father Kids Redirection Sentiments World
I had patients who didn’t die because they had too many pets to try to find homes for. It’s why women live longer than men with the same health problems.
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Home Homes Longer Men Pet
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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Beer Health Order Ourselves Stories
Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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Heal Hope Offer Potential
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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Choice Hate Hurt Most Powerful Resemble Worse
If you love people, you’ll enjoy your life. If you don’t, you won’t love anything you do.
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Anything Enjoy Life People
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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Authentic Authenticity Perfect Success
Consciousness is non-local and does not depend on words to communicate.
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Communicate Consciousness Words
It’s the consciousness that has come into us from other experiences and our consciousness that we remain aware of when we leave our bodies and they communicate with us through dreams, and even through drawings which I do a lot of work with myself.
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Bodies Communicate Consciousness Experience Remain
It’s hard to carry a child around with you, but fortunately, in most cases, you don’t have to ask a child for directions if you have a well-chosen role model ready to guide you. This is the next prescription:
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Children Model Role Thinking
I cannot guarantee that the orders you place with God will always be filled. Prayer is not a test of God, but a call for help to find your inner strength and talent.
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Inner Prayer Strength Talent
Love and kindness are the basis of my religious beliefs. The rituals and outward signs are not as important as one’s actions and deeds. Religion should be a path to God, not something to fight about.
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Fighting Kindness Religious
Every time I jog through the world, I am awed by what I find. On a winter morning, when it seems too cold and slippery for safe jogging or bicycling, I can still go out and experience the glory of sunlight turning icy branches into strings of sparkling diamonds.
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Jogging Morning Winter

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