In this view of the world, we spend the rest of our lives searching for wholeness and knowledge, wellness and health-the balance and harmony we lost when we were born.
BERNIE SIEGELDisease is surely one of the ways in which we are tried by life and offered the chance to be heroic. Though few of us will win Olympic gold medals or slay dragons, disease can be the spark or gift that allows many of us to live out our personal myths and become heroes.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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I grew up with sentiments such as, “Do what will make you happy, troubles are God’s redirections that something good will come from.
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The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life.
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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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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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I will feel blessed by life and the opportunity to help others see that they are blessed, too.
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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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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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Relationships keep us alive and our lives meaningful.
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Give someone who has faith in you a placebo and call it a hair growing pill, anti-nausea pill or whatever, and you will be amazed at how many respond to your therapy.
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We have to create perfection through love
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You can’t control the world, but when you control your thoughts, you bring order.
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You too are a work of art.
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We destroy ourselves when we stop feeling. If you bury your feelings within you, you become a graveyard.
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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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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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