BERNIE By Bernie Siegel, MD
Living in the Moment
born or they won an expensive prize. One day at the bank I asked the teller that question and her answer was rejected by someone in the bank who yelled, “Wrong.” The teller wanted to know why her answer was wrong and the response was, “Because today is the best day of your life.”
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The truth is today is the only day you have and what you decide to do with it is the issue. We can whine and make excuses or we can appreciate the moment. I have discussed attitudes and they are ultimately the last thing that we are capable of creating. When we are unable to be creative or even experience things due to physical problems we still can have an attitude which creates the day we are experiencing. So, a blind woman can say, “What a beautiful place.” And when asked, “How can you say that when you are blind and can’t see anything?” She responds, “I have a choice as to what I see.”
As do we all. We can blame our past and the people in it. We can blame those presently in our lives for ruining it or we can take responsibility for the day and enjoy it because it is the only day we have. Since I know I am mortal and my time is limited I don’t give my power away to others and let them decide if I am going to have a nice day. I spend a portion of each day examining what I am grateful for. I also confess my weaknesses and imperfections and pray for those I love and care about and for my needs too. I have learned that when I transcend material desires and pray for the ability to be a divine messenger my day is changed. Do you buy that package and are you willing to live that message today? If you are it will always be the best day of your life. If you are wait- ing until you get what you want, then today will never become the best day of your life. And you will lose your life by letting others decide how you are to serve the world.
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ne of the questions I love to ask people is, ‘What is the best day of your life?’ I get many answers related to pleas- ant days people remember like the day their child was
Here are some exercises to make today the best day of your life:
1. What would it take to make today your rebirthday? 2. Decide what you will see today before you get out of bed and search until you find it.
3. What can I pray for, for you today? Does your answer transcend personal desires?
4. Who has decided how you are to serve the world? You or other authorities in your life?
5. Decide whether to make today the best day of your life by changing your life or changing your attitude. The choice is yours. Both solutions work.
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 international audience when he began talking about patient empowerment and the choice to live fully and die in peace. Read Bernie’s
regular blog posts on his website where you will also find his books, articles, and CDs:
http://www.berniesiegelmd.com. He is the Co-Academic Director of the Integrative Health and Healing M.A. Program at The Graduate Institute, Bethany, CT
Bernie currently holds a cancer support group the second and fourth Tuesday afternoons of the month 1:30-3:30PM at Coach- man’s Square at 21 Bradley Road, Woodbridge. If interested contact Lucille Ranciato:
lranciato2@yahoo.com 203 288 2839; or Bernie:
bugsyssiegel@sbcglobal.net. You can find Bernie’s books ad CDs at Wisdom of the Ages in Simsbury, Ct. See ad on page 22.
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