little devil who drives everyone nuts and expresses her feelings, guess who is more likely to develop breast cancer, autoimmune diseases and more. Of course everyone answers the good girl, and studies show you are correct. Relationships help women to live longer than men, and mar- ried men longer than single men, with the same cancers but re- lationships are not meant to make you submissive or lead to an attitude of, “I’ll make this marriage or job work if it kills me”. Think of a relationship as an ordeal or a struggle. My wife does because she knows 1+1=3. That is when two people get together they create a third entity, the marriage or relationship of any type. Relationships are work because they relate to creating a third
entity and are not about personal benefits. How to decide what to do relates to your health. If the relationship is affecting your health then I would say to eliminate it and love from a distance. However, if your health is not at risk then ask yourself how could love resolve this dilemma? Love is a weapon I recommend. You can kill with kindness, torment with tenderness and become blind to faults, with love. I learned the power of love years ago after an accident. I fell off our roof when a ladder broke and hit my head on the pave- ment. I developed amnesia due to the injury and it improved our marriage dramatically. When my memory returned I sought mar- riage counseling. The therapist handed me a piece of paper and said, “Read this and do what it says and save yourself a lot of time and money.” What she handed me was Corinthians 1:13. I have been working at it ever since and it has provided me with thirty five wonderful years of married life and thirty five out of fifty two isn’t too bad.
So construct your life out of the bricks of love but never forget to use humor as the cement that helps to hold the bricks together. I will also prescribe a dog or cat for you and do not ever let the child in you die. They will create healing relationships and teach you to live in the moment.
For many, Dr. Bernard Siegel—or Bernie, as he prefers to be called—needs no introduction. He has touched many lives all over the Planet. In 1978, he reached a national and then in- ternational audience when he began talking about patient em- powerment and the choice to live fully and die in peace. As a physician who has cared for and counseled innumerable people whose mortality has been threatened by illness, Bernie embraces a philosophy of living and dying that stands at the forefront of the medical ethics and spiritual issues our Society grapples with today. In May 2011, Bernie was honored by the Watkins Review of London, England, as one of the Top 20 Spiritually Influential Living People on the Planet. He continues to break new ground in the field of healing, supporting changes in medical education to “humanize” medical practice. Read Bernie’s regular blog posts on his website where you will also find his books, articles, and CDs:
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