Whenever you get around to doing what you want to do, it will be now. The things you need to do to live a happier, more fulfilling life-the only time you can possible start doing them is now.
BERNIE SIEGELAt 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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Who else do you admire, and exactly what do you admire about them? Have your roster of role models ready and waiting to help you the next time you are perplexed.
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When we hate people who hurt us, we come to resemble what we hate, or worse, and then we suffer all the more. What is evil is our response. We have choices, and love is the most powerful eliminator of all.
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Love is giving with no expectations…Love cures, heals, and rewards two people: the lover and the beloved.
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If our wholeness is interrupted, then our health suffers, and we need to find a way to restore our sense of meaning. When we move in the direction of that meaning, we’re healing.
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I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team.
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What if Jesus was the only normal person who ever lived?
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The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others.
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Don’t do things to not die, do things to enjoy living. The by-product may be not dying.
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Do not go looking for problems to feed your soul. Just let life be your teacher. It will nourish you with its inevitable difficulties.
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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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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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Our Creator has given us five senses to help us survive threats from the external world, and a sixth sense, our healing system, to help us survive internal threats.
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The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life.
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Don’t try to help people to ‘not die’, help them to enjoy life!
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If you are used to fending entirely for yourself, then when a catastrophe occurs you will expend a lot of energy looking for help at a time when you need your energy looking for help at a time when you need your energy for creative work.
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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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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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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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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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When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.
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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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I find new and healing images in that dark, silent place away from emotions that control me.
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Each day becomes more meaningful, and your life is enhanced when your actions are guided by what inspires you.
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When you wake up and act like a loving person, you realize not only that you are altered, but that the people around you are also transformed, because everybody is changed by the reception of this love.
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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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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
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