Be grateful simply for being alive. When you are grateful for life, pure and simple, your life becomes one you can be grateful for. That may strike you as circular or even backward logic, but your attitude really does have an effect on how things work out.
BERNIE SIEGELMedicine is a very tough thing. I mean, everyone is going to die. Sooner or later. That’s a tough thing to face.
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It’s not about curing the disease, but healing the life; then the physical benefits come.
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Don’t try to help people to ‘not die’, help them to enjoy life!
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Remember that an act of love always benefits at least two people.
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You still won’t be perfect, but success isn’t about perfection-it is about authenticity. You are a success if you are being your real, authentic self.
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It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world.
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Relationships keep us alive and our lives meaningful.
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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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When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.
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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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As one woman told me, “When I decided to come in to work happy, everybody around me became happy.” This woman had decided to quit a job she hated, and on the last day of her two weeks’ notice, she woke up happy.
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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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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 believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives.
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I performed wound care or minor surgery, I would always apologize for any pain I was causing the animal and they would lick my hand and not bite me out of anger due to the pain. They are also far more forgiving than people are of human beings and other animals.
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No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.
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