Feel your feelings. What you bring forth will save you.
BERNIE SIEGELMoney, financial matters were to help people, to help them survive, not to have a bigger house or a bigger car and that sort of thing, because I hear that from so many kids, they often don’t know why their father won’t spend more time with them.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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What thoughts are so important that it is worth holding on to them even when they make you miserable? Why are you holding on?
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I see people who die a few minutes after a doctor tells them there is no hope of a cure. They give up and go. Others get angry and find joy in proving the doctor wrong. Something within them is challenged and hopeful. Hope is the divine motivator.
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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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Life is an opportunity to contribute love in your own way.
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True inspiration overrides all fears. When you are inspired, you enter a trance state and can accomplish things that you may never have felt capable of doing.
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Not because I’m fascinated by the human body or want to understand death, but I like people and I want to help them. That also became my problem, because I couldn’t help everyone, I couldn’t fix everyone.
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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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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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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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Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.
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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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Open your mind to all possibilities and believe!
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Getting well is not the only goal. Even more important is learning to live without fear, to be at peace with life and ultimately death.
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I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.
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Who 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.
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