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 SIEGELIt 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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One’s attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.
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You are in charge of your thoughts and feelings. If you are willing to search for the reason that you can’t let go of disturbing thoughts, you can learn about yourself and restore your own peace of mind.
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My view of addiction, whether it’s drugs, food, alcohol or any list of other things, is the same reason I asked my mother why I wasn’t a drug addict or alcoholic, which is because when you’re not loved.
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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.
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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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Often 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.
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To me, God is an intelligent, loving, conscious energy and why do I say that? Well you need energy to create. You have to have a source. It’s undifferentiated energy which has intelligence or it couldn’t create.
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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 truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their mistakes.
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By disregarding intuition in favor of science, or science in favor of instincts, we limit ourselves.
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It is astounding how much the immune system is strengthened by reducing daily mental stress levels with either visualization or meditation.
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The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others.
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If you love people, you’ll enjoy your life. If you don’t, you won’t love anything you do.
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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
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Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.
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