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.

For me, a lovely day is any day I wake up.

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. Most of all however, I think it was the love that was given to me unconditionally and I felt that my whole life. It certainly wasn't that my parents always liked what I was doing, even my becoming a doctor, my father preferred I went into business so he could help me, but I wanted to be a doctor.

What I learned was to live in my heart and to do what will make my happy, and that was not selfishness. It didn't matter what job I took, my mother's answer was, "Do what will make you happy." It brought attention to my own feelings, and the realization that I never knew what the future would bring so to keep an optimistic view of it, because who knows what today's events will bring.

The doctor that acts out of love doesn't burn out. He or she may get tired physically, but not emotionally.

Unconditional love is the most powerful stimulant to the immune system.

Act as if you are the person you want to be.