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

Compliments are the helium that fills everyone's balloon; they elevate the person receiving them so he or she can fly over life's troubles and land safely on the other side.

Relationships keep us alive and our lives meaningful.

I always remember the words of George Halas, the owner of the Chicago Bears football team. When he was well into his eighties a friend found him in his office on Sunday, and asked him why, at his age, he was working on a Sunday. His response, 'It’s only work if there’s someplace else you’d rather be.'

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

Disease 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.

If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn.