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.
BERNIE SIEGELDon’t do things to not die, do things to enjoy living. The by-product may be not dying.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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I heard that when I had grown up and had no idea of the whole story because the family album had pictures of a covered carriage and my mother smiling so I assumed I was asleep.
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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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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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I had patients who didn’t die because they had too many pets to try to find homes for. It’s why women live longer than men with the same health problems.
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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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Traditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
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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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I wish medical schools helped us to analyze our healthy and unhealthy reasons for becoming doctors.
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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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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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You will notice at times that the new life isn’t what you asked for. But asking for specific items or for particular events to occur isn’t how I define prayer.
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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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Animal intuitives can diagnose an animal’s physical health problems by listening to the animals.
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Sometimes our behavior with each other is no different from the cry of an unattended baby.
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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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