When you wake up and act like a loving person, you realize not only that you are altered, but that the people around you are also transformed, because everybody is changed by the reception of this love.
BERNIE SIEGELI 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.
More Bernie Siegel Quotes
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Having pets in the house helps everyone have a reverence for life.
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It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world.
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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 you love people, you’ll enjoy your life. If you don’t, you won’t love anything you do.
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Inspiration is the greatest gift because it opens your life to many new possibilities.
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Embrace each challenge in your life as an opportunity for self-transformation.
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I’m sure as an infant, no matter what I looked like, I felt like the most loved kid getting those massages. So I really think that was a big part of my growing and my brain developing.
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Be grateful simply for being alive. When you are grateful for life, pure and simple, your life becomes one you can be grateful for. That may strike you as circular or even backward logic, but your attitude really does have an effect on how things work out.
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When you love the unlovable and forgive the unforgivable, you’re free.
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I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives.
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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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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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You too are a work of art.
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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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The words of love you hear, and the life you feel touching your body and soul, then you know you have discovered the great value of misfortune.
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