Love is giving with no expectations...Love cures, heals, and rewards two people: the lover and the beloved.
Bernie SiegelIt is astounding how much the immune system is strengthened by reducing daily mental stress levels with either visualization or meditation. The other great tonic for the immune system is loveโloving ourselves as well as others.
Bernie SiegelThe fundamental problem most patients have is an inability to love themselves, having been unloved by others during some crucial part of their lives.
Bernie SiegelGod is in everyone and everything. When we save each other or guide each other or just love each other, we are doing God's work. So God dresses in Eskimo clothing or other disguises, and responds to us whether or not we are aware enough to hear, see, or feel God's loving guidance. Everything is a tool of God, from DNA to the weather.
Bernie SiegelToday I am amazed at the things our children have done and their wide range of interests. They are all living their lives and not the ones I would have planned for them. But I have learned that their lives are theirs, not mine, and in living their own lives they have given me experiences and an education I would never have had if I'd been fool enough to make them do what I thought they should do.
Bernie Siegel