The other great tonic for the immune system is love—loving ourselves as well as others.
BERNIE SIEGELWhen you embrace the mystery and open yourself to it, a new life is created, resistant to the old problems.
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Anything that offers hope has the potential to heal.
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I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system.
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As one woman told me, “When I decided to come in to work happy, everybody around me became happy.” This woman had decided to quit a job she hated, and on the last day of her two weeks’ notice, she woke up happy.
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If you talk to your body, it will listen.
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Doctors are busy playing God when so few of us have the qualifications. And besides, the job is taken.
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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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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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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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What if Jesus was the only normal person who ever lived?
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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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What I try to get physically healthy people to understand is that they’re going to die someday. There is no way out. And dying isn’t failure, but not living is, so make use of your time. Don’t keeping waiting.
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Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.
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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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As doctors, we are not trained to communicate and understand the power of our words as they relate to a patient’s ability and desire to survive.
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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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