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

God wants us to know that life is a series of beginnings not endings. Just as graduations are not terminations but commencements. Creation is an ongoing process and when we create a perfect world where love and compassion are shared by all suffering will cease.

It is the experience of living that is important, not searching for meaning. We bring meaning by how we love the world.

An awareness of one's mortality can lead you to wake up and live an authentic, meaningful life.

We have to create perfection through love

I grew up caring about people and I would say again, that's what made me who I am. I became a doctor for what I like to call "healthy reasons." Not because I'm fascinated by the human body or want to understand death, but I like people and I want to help them. That also became my problem, because I couldn't help everyone, I couldn't fix everyone.

When guilt rears its ugly head confront it, discuss it and let it go. The past is over. It is time to ask what can we do right, not what did we do wrong. Forgive yourself and move on.