When my body gets to the point where I can no longer function or feel gratitude, then I’ll leave it and become grateful again. But until then, I will appreciate what I have and not whine about what I don’t have,
BERNIE SIEGELOften 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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We destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.
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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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You can’t control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.
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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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God is in everyone and everything. When we save each other or guide each other or just love each other.
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I’m sure as an infant, no matter what I looked like, I felt like the most loved kid getting those massages. So I really think that was a big part of my growing and my brain developing.
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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
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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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It can be tempting to blame others for our loss of direction. We get lots of information about life but little education in life from parents, teachers, and other authority figures who should know better from their experience. Information is about facts.
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What a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: “Never consider yourself a failure-you can always serve as a bad example.” She is right. Failure can be a better teacher than success.
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I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team.
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Thoughts are chemical. They can either kill us or cure us.
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I once heard a man say he knew there was a God, he just didn’t think he needed Him. It is nice to take care of yourself and be independent, but it is also nice to know that you have a resource to rely on in times of need.
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Open your mind to all possibilities and believe!
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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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