The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them...Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive
Barry Lopez
Life is really too short to hide, it's meant to be lived!
Rita Valdez
Sometimes out light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light
Albert Schweitzer
Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible, and then working for it
Bernie S. Siegel
The mind, in addition to medicine, has powers to turn the immune system around
Jonas Salk
There is no such thing as no chance
Henry Ford
Where there's life, there's hope
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought to be given. To the irritation of authority figures of all sorts, children expend considerable enerby in "clowning around". They refuse to appreciate the gravity of our monumental concerns, while we forget that if we were to become more like children our concerns might not be so monumental
Conrad Hyers
You gain strength, courage and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next that comes along."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Discovering the ways in which you are exceptional, the particular path you are meant to follow, is your business on this earth, whether you are afflicted or not. It's just that the search takes on a special urgency when you realize that you are mortal
Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.
If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me."
Ann Landers
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans
John Lennon
When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on. And swing!
Leo Buscaglia
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which more than anything else, will determine its outcome
William James
When a door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us
Helen Keller
There ain't much fun in medicine, but there's a heck a lot of medicine in fun
Josh Billings
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it
Anonymous
The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of their minds
Albert Schweitzer
In order to laugh, you must be able to play with your pain
Annette Goodheart
Nothing is quite as funny as the unintended humour of reality
Steve Allen
He who laughs, lasts
Mary Pettibonc Poole
Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free sleep
Norman Cousins
I have found that four faiths are crucial to recovery from serious illness: faith in oneself, one's doctor, one's treatment and one's spiritual faith
Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.
Pray to God, but row for shore
Russian Proverb
Faith is to believe what we do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what we believe
Saint Augustine
Why is it when we talk to God we are said to be praying, and when God talks to us we're said to be schizophrenic?
Lily Tomlin
Seven days without laughter makes one weak
Joel Goodman
We began by imagining that we are giving to them; we end by realizing that they have enriched us
Pope John Paul II
In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles
David Ben-Gurion
The most important medicine is tender love and care
Mother Teresa
It is a curious thing in human experience but to live through a period of stress and sorrow with another person creates a bond which nothing seems able to break
Eleanor Roosevelt
It is this intangible thing, love, love in many forms, which enters into every therapeuitic relationship. It is an element of which the physician may be the carrier, the vessel. And it is an element which binds and heals, which comforts and restores, which works what we have to call--for now--miracles
Karl Menniger
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood
Helen Keller
What an experience having cancer is. My whole life will be different for as long as I live. And, yes, I am one of those who wants to live to a hundred. An exceptional nurse at the hospital told me to "live each day to the max". Do you know what the max turned out to be? Once I was up and around again after two surgeries in five weeks time. It was hanging up laundry in the sun with a cat rubbing against my leg
Caryn Summers, P.N.
One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself
Claude M. Bristol
Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a GIFT. That's why it's called the present
Bil Keane
Diseases can be our spiritual flat tires--discrepancies in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time, but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way
Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.
There is in the worst of fortunes the best of chances for a happy change
Euripides
Happiness isn't about what happens to us--it's about how we perceive what happens to us. It's the knack of finding a positive for every negative, and viewing a setback as a challenge. If we can just stop wishing for what we don't have, and start enjoying what we do have, our lives can be richer, more fulfilled--and happier. The time is now
Lynn Peters
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us
Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer; no disease that enough love will not heal; no door that enough love won't open; no gulf that enough love will not bridge; no wall that enough love will not throw down; no sin that enough love will not redeem...It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble; how hopeless the outlook; now muddled the tangle; how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all. If only you could love enough you would be the happiest and most powerful being in the world
Emmet Fox
Come to the edge.
No, we will fall.
Come to the edge.
No, we will fall.
They came to the edge.
He pushed them, and they flew
Guillaume Appolinaire
We would rather be ruined than changed;
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die
W.H. Auden
The greatest handicap: Fear
The best day: Today
Easiest thing to do: Find a fault
Most useless asset: Pride
The greatest mistake: Giving up
Greatest stumbling block: Egotism
The greatest comfort: Work well done
Most disagreeable person: The complainer
Worst bankcruptcy: Loss of enthusiasm
Greatest need: Common sense
Meanest feeling: Regret at another's success
Best gift: Forgiveness
The greatest moment: Death
Greatest knowledge: God
The greatest thing in the world: Love
Source Unknown
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, NOT YOUR WORRIES
EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS HONESTLY
LEARN TO LAUGH AND LAUGH TO LEARN
ENDURE WHAT IS NECESSARY
BE OPEN AND FLEXIBLE...GO WITH THE FLOW
REMAIN IN CHARGE BY NETWORKING WITH FAMILY AND DOCTORS
ACCEPT AND FACE YOUR MORALITY
TREASURE EACH DAY AND EACH NEW EXPERIENCE
EXERCISE BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT AS ABLE
LIVE REMEMBERING THAT LIFE IS A MYSTERY TO BE LIVED, NOT A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED
INVEST IN YOUR INNER RESOURCES: COURAGE, EFFORT, DETERMINATION, FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE
FIND THE FUTURE IN YOU NOW
EMERGE AS A WINNER--NOT A VICTIM OR MERE SURVIVOR, BUT TRULY A THRIVER!
Sister Sue Tracy
Barry Lopez
Life is really too short to hide, it's meant to be lived!
Rita Valdez
Sometimes out light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light
Albert Schweitzer
Hoping means seeing that the outcome you want is possible, and then working for it
Bernie S. Siegel
The mind, in addition to medicine, has powers to turn the immune system around
Jonas Salk
There is no such thing as no chance
Henry Ford
Where there's life, there's hope
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought to be given. To the irritation of authority figures of all sorts, children expend considerable enerby in "clowning around". They refuse to appreciate the gravity of our monumental concerns, while we forget that if we were to become more like children our concerns might not be so monumental
Conrad Hyers
You gain strength, courage and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, "I have lived through this horror. I can take the next that comes along."
Eleanor Roosevelt
Discovering the ways in which you are exceptional, the particular path you are meant to follow, is your business on this earth, whether you are afflicted or not. It's just that the search takes on a special urgency when you realize that you are mortal
Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.
If I were asked to give what I consider the single most useful bit of advice for all humanity it would be this: Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life and when it comes, hold your head high, look it squarely in the eye and say, "I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me."
Ann Landers
Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans
John Lennon
When you get to the end of the rope, tie a knot and hang on. And swing!
Leo Buscaglia
It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult undertaking which more than anything else, will determine its outcome
William James
When a door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us
Helen Keller
There ain't much fun in medicine, but there's a heck a lot of medicine in fun
Josh Billings
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it
Anonymous
The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of their minds
Albert Schweitzer
In order to laugh, you must be able to play with your pain
Annette Goodheart
Nothing is quite as funny as the unintended humour of reality
Steve Allen
He who laughs, lasts
Mary Pettibonc Poole
Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free sleep
Norman Cousins
I have found that four faiths are crucial to recovery from serious illness: faith in oneself, one's doctor, one's treatment and one's spiritual faith
Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.
Pray to God, but row for shore
Russian Proverb
Faith is to believe what we do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what we believe
Saint Augustine
Why is it when we talk to God we are said to be praying, and when God talks to us we're said to be schizophrenic?
Lily Tomlin
Seven days without laughter makes one weak
Joel Goodman
We began by imagining that we are giving to them; we end by realizing that they have enriched us
Pope John Paul II
In order to be a realist you must believe in miracles
David Ben-Gurion
The most important medicine is tender love and care
Mother Teresa
It is a curious thing in human experience but to live through a period of stress and sorrow with another person creates a bond which nothing seems able to break
Eleanor Roosevelt
It is this intangible thing, love, love in many forms, which enters into every therapeuitic relationship. It is an element of which the physician may be the carrier, the vessel. And it is an element which binds and heals, which comforts and restores, which works what we have to call--for now--miracles
Karl Menniger
Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood
Helen Keller
What an experience having cancer is. My whole life will be different for as long as I live. And, yes, I am one of those who wants to live to a hundred. An exceptional nurse at the hospital told me to "live each day to the max". Do you know what the max turned out to be? Once I was up and around again after two surgeries in five weeks time. It was hanging up laundry in the sun with a cat rubbing against my leg
Caryn Summers, P.N.
One secures the gold of the spirit when he finds himself
Claude M. Bristol
Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a GIFT. That's why it's called the present
Bil Keane
Diseases can be our spiritual flat tires--discrepancies in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time, but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way
Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.
There is in the worst of fortunes the best of chances for a happy change
Euripides
Happiness isn't about what happens to us--it's about how we perceive what happens to us. It's the knack of finding a positive for every negative, and viewing a setback as a challenge. If we can just stop wishing for what we don't have, and start enjoying what we do have, our lives can be richer, more fulfilled--and happier. The time is now
Lynn Peters
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matter compared to what lies within us
Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no difficulty that enough love will not conquer; no disease that enough love will not heal; no door that enough love won't open; no gulf that enough love will not bridge; no wall that enough love will not throw down; no sin that enough love will not redeem...It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble; how hopeless the outlook; now muddled the tangle; how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all. If only you could love enough you would be the happiest and most powerful being in the world
Emmet Fox
Come to the edge.
No, we will fall.
Come to the edge.
No, we will fall.
They came to the edge.
He pushed them, and they flew
Guillaume Appolinaire
We would rather be ruined than changed;
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die
W.H. Auden
The greatest handicap: Fear
The best day: Today
Easiest thing to do: Find a fault
Most useless asset: Pride
The greatest mistake: Giving up
Greatest stumbling block: Egotism
The greatest comfort: Work well done
Most disagreeable person: The complainer
Worst bankcruptcy: Loss of enthusiasm
Greatest need: Common sense
Meanest feeling: Regret at another's success
Best gift: Forgiveness
The greatest moment: Death
Greatest knowledge: God
The greatest thing in the world: Love
Source Unknown
COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS, NOT YOUR WORRIES
EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS HONESTLY
LEARN TO LAUGH AND LAUGH TO LEARN
ENDURE WHAT IS NECESSARY
BE OPEN AND FLEXIBLE...GO WITH THE FLOW
REMAIN IN CHARGE BY NETWORKING WITH FAMILY AND DOCTORS
ACCEPT AND FACE YOUR MORALITY
TREASURE EACH DAY AND EACH NEW EXPERIENCE
EXERCISE BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT AS ABLE
LIVE REMEMBERING THAT LIFE IS A MYSTERY TO BE LIVED, NOT A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED
INVEST IN YOUR INNER RESOURCES: COURAGE, EFFORT, DETERMINATION, FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE
FIND THE FUTURE IN YOU NOW
EMERGE AS A WINNER--NOT A VICTIM OR MERE SURVIVOR, BUT TRULY A THRIVER!
Sister Sue Tracy
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