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.”
BERNIE SIEGELwe are doing God’s work. So God dresses in Eskimo clothing or other disguises, and responds to us whether or not we are aware enough to hear, see, or feel God’s loving guidance. Everything is a tool of God, from DNA to the weather.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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It is astounding how much the immune system is strengthened by reducing daily mental stress levels with either visualization or meditation.
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I love how Mother Theresa said she wouldn’t attend an anti-war rally but if there was a peace rally to call her. So I realized it’s not about waging a war against everybody’s disease and diagnosis but rather about helping them live.
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Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people.
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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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I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.
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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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Often people become an addict and self destructive. Now the opposite of love is indifference and even worse is rejection and abuse, and I meet those people.
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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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An awareness of one’s mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.
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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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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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By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves.
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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 will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.
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Do not be afraid to close your eyes and be silent in prayer, meditation, rest or sleep. In those states you may rediscover a new self. Then your life, time and thoughts will become yours again and you can live your unique myth.
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