I was born an ugly duckling due to my mother's ill health. She wasn't supposed to be pregnant, there were all kinds of complications, she couldn't survive a cesarean section etc. She said, "They didn't hand me a child, they handed me a purple melon." 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.

The #1 problem most patients face is the inability to love themselves

The fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.

If you love people, you'll enjoy your life. If you don't, you won't love anything you do.

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. I find new and healing images in that dark, silent place away from emotions that control me. 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.

It's not about curing the disease, but healing the life; then the physical benefits come.

If you talk to your body, it will listen.