It’s not about curing the disease, but healing the life; then the physical benefits come.
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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Education is about wisdom and the knowledge of how to love and survive.
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Information doesn’t mean a thing to people without inspiration.
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Traditional doctors say I’m a mystic. I don’t deny it.
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The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.
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You can find examples of how little we value ourselves everywhere you look. The signs on the front of the convenience stores where Stephen lives in Florida tell the story. Beer, ice, bread and milk are the big come-ons.
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What if Jesus was the only normal person who ever lived?
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I see people who die a few minutes after a doctor tells them there is no hope of a cure. They give up and go. Others get angry and find joy in proving the doctor wrong. Something within them is challenged and hopeful. Hope is the divine motivator.
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Feel your feelings. What you bring forth will save you.
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The #1 problem most patients face is the inability to love themselves
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Medicine 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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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
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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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When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. It is time to ask what can we do right, not what did we do wrong. Forgive yourself and move on.
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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 cannot fail at being yourself. A cat doesn’t try to be a tiger, and you shouldn’t try to be something you aren’t. You are a process, not a product. Your job is to discover what you are and create that creature.
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