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.
BERNIE SIEGELSometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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It takes more distress and poison to kill someone who has peace of mind and loves life.
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Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible and then working for it.
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When he was well into his eighties a friend found him in his office on Sunday, and asked him why, at his age, he was working on a Sunday. His response, ‘It’s only work if there’s someplace else you’d rather be.’
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The words of love you hear, and the life you feel touching your body and soul, then you know you have discovered the great value of misfortune.
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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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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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Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.
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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
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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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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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You can see people draw the past, present and future as well as dream about it. You go to bed at night and have a dream that says there’s a lump in your right breast and the doctor who is foreign, with an accent tells you it’s cancer.
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I’ve learned to ask people, “You’re doing very well so what are you doing? Let me tell other people.” So what’s made me who I am, my experience.
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One’s attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.
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At that time, they grow up, stop feeling loved, become depressed and start thinking-and what they are thinking about worries me.
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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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