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.
BERNIE SIEGELWhat I learned was to live in my heart and to do what will make my happy, and that was not selfishness. It didn’t matter what job I took, my mother’s answer was, “Do what will make you happy.”
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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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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To me, animal communication seemed an insane idea, years ago; but my experience altered my life and my beliefs.
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What I learned was to live in my heart and to do what will make my happy, and that was not selfishness. It didn’t matter what job I took, my mother’s answer was, “Do what will make you happy.”
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Open your mind to all possibilities and believe!
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If you see what you do each day as your way of loving the world and helping it heal, then life gets to be a lot different. The difference between burning up and burning out is the difference between loving what you are doing and not loving it.
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Money, financial matters were to help people, to help them survive, not to have a bigger house or a bigger car and that sort of thing, because I hear that from so many kids, they often don’t know why their father won’t spend more time with them.
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Getting well is not the only goal. Even more important is learning to live without fear, to be at peace with life and ultimately death.
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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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It’s the consciousness that has come into us from other experiences and our consciousness that we remain aware of when we leave our bodies and they communicate with us through dreams, and even through drawings which I do a lot of work with myself.
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It’s hard to carry a child around with you, but fortunately, in most cases, you don’t have to ask a child for directions if you have a well-chosen role model ready to guide you. This is the next prescription:
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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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Act as if you are the person you want to be.
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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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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
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No matter what the statistics say there is always a way.
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