prescription for living
By Bernie Siegel, MD Kill with Kindness
at both ends of the rifle. I have been there emotionally too and learned that when we had our hotel room entered by key and all the valuables stolen. I saw a weird guy in the hallway doing nothing. It never occurred to me he was waiting to rob us. For months I woke up thinking about him and wishing I were back in the hallway where I could knock the crap out of him and call the police. Until I real- ized he was still robbing me of my life’s time and peace of mind. It happened to be around Christmas time and one day I thought, “Well maybe he pawned everything and bought his kids some nice pres- ents.” With that my attitude shifted and I was thinking about adding $100 so he could really get something nice for them since I pre- sumed they were a needy family if their dad had to steal to survive. Now you could answer that he bought drugs with the money but the point is that I was free and it no longer mattered what he did with the money. I helped one of our sons also when his garage was robbed by telling him the thief could not afford to buy his mother a birthday present but now he could with the objects he had stolen. He went from anger to a smile. If you want peace chose love. A young man I know who was sexually abused by his parents became HIV+ and I was counseling him. He called me one day to say he was going to commit suicide. I said, “Tony I grew up in New York and have Mafia friends. Why not get a gun and kill your parents? That’s what everyone else is doing.” Yes, I really said that to get him to think about his choices and he an- swered and became my teacher, “No, I never want to be like them.” Tony chose to love.
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hat do you think when someone is more abusive and violent than their enemy. If you want your enemies to be dead, then you are behaving like them. We are the same
His story will make you believe in angels. Tony went down to
the subway to jump in front of the train but no train showed up. It was late and Tony said he looked around wondering what to do and saw a poster with the suicide hot line phone number. Yes, he called and they came and rescued him and as he said he learned about how important love was from the people who rescued him. So the next time someone drives you nuts or robs you, put up a sign or say, “I love you” and watch what happens. Kill with kindness and tor- ment with tenderness.
Bernie holds a support group in Simsbury at Wisdom of the Ages
the first Wednesday of each month from 7-9pm. Wisdom of the Ages, a special place to nurture your spiritual side. It's filled with items to calm the mind, heal the body & empower your spirit. They also pro- vide massages & monthly meditation classes. Wisdom of the Ages is owned by Bernie's son & daughter- in-law, Keith & Jane Siegel. Lo- cated at 1408 Hopmeadow St. Simsbury. Please call for info or to register for Bernie's group. (860) 651-1172, www.wisdomoftheages. biz,
berniesiegelmd.com. See ad on page 21. Bernie also runs a Woodbridge Support Group which meets the
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each month at Coachman's Square, Bradley Road, Woodbridge, CT. Contact: Lucille Ranciato at 203-288-2839 or email her at
lranciato@yahoo.com.
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