I performed wound care or minor surgery, I would always apologize for any pain I was causing the animal and they would lick my hand and not bite me out of anger due to the pain. They are also far more forgiving than people are of human beings and other animals.
BERNIE SIEGELAt that time, they grow up, stop feeling loved, become depressed and start thinking-and what they are thinking about worries me.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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If something controls you in a way that puzzles you, think of it as a mystery. Mysteries are best approached by closing your eyes and mouth to experience darkness and silence.
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I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet – each of us in our own way
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Relationships keep us alive and our lives meaningful.
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When we hate people who hurt us, we come to resemble what we hate, or worse, and then we suffer all the more. What is evil is our response. We have choices, and love is the most powerful eliminator of all.
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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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Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.
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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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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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The doctor that acts out of love doesn’t burn out. He or she may get tired physically, but not emotionally.
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Stories change people while statistics give them something to argue about.
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And that material things are to make the world a better place” and the latter came from my father because his father died of tuberculosis when he was twelve. They had no insurance, six kids and a hell of a time surviving.
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Feel your feelings. What you bring forth will save you.
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Do not be afraid to close your eyes and be silent in prayer, meditation, rest or sleep. In those states you may rediscover a new self. Then your life, time and thoughts will become yours again and you can live your unique myth.
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People have taught me what most doctors don’t learn, in other words, when somebody does better than expected, the doctor will tell them they’re doing very well and to keep it up.
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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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