You cannot fail at being yourself. A cat doesn’t try to be a tiger, and you shouldn’t try to be something you aren’t. You are a process, not a product. Your job is to discover what you are and create that creature.
BERNIE SIEGELAn awareness of one’s mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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we 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.
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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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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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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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At the end of the day, she noticed that everybody around her was happy, too- so she didn’t quit after all. She decided to come to work happy instead. Two years later, she’s still on the job, radiating happiness and love.
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I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives.
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Live by your experience and do not let limited beliefs alter your life experience.
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As doctors, we are not trained to communicate and understand the power of our words as they relate to a patient’s ability and desire to survive.
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I know patients who bring a dozen roses to the doctor’s office. And, boy, the next visit, nobody forgets that. You come in and hey – ‘Here’s the lady who brought the roses’ vs. ‘Here’s the lung cancer.’
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If you love people, you’ll enjoy your life. If you don’t, you won’t love anything you do.
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Consciousness is non-local and does not depend on words to communicate.
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Refusal to hope is nothing more than a decision to die.
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Don’t try to help people to ‘not die’, help them to enjoy life!
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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
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If something controls you in a way that puzzles you, think of it as a mystery. Mysteries are best approached by closing your eyes and mouth to experience darkness and silence.
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