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Act as if you are the person you want to be.

Bernie Siegel

The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.
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Acceptance Inability Love
To paraphrase something the anthropologist Ashley Montagu once said, the way I change my life is to act as if I’m the person I want to be. This is, to me, the simplest, wisest advice you can give anyone.
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Anthropologist Anyone Giving Love People Something
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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Ask Happy Mean Play Self
Live by your experience and do not let limited beliefs alter your life experience.
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Belief Life Experience Live
You too are a work of art.
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Art Esteem Self Works
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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Blessing Grateful Opportunity
Open your mind to all possibilities and believe!
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Believe Mind Possibility
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
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
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?
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Minute Model Needed Perception Role Think
No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.
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Always Matter Statistics Way
Do things to make your day precious.
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Healing Precious Thing
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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Love Mother Opposite
For me, a lovely day is any day I wake up.
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Day Gratitude Lovely Wake
It brought attention to my own feelings, and the realization that I never knew what the future would bring so to keep an optimistic view of it, because who knows what today’s events will bring.
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Attention Heart Make Selfishness Today
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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Death Everyone Fascinated People Problem Understand

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