I never had much interest in being a child. As a way of being it seemed flat, failed to engage.
It's not about curing the disease, but healing the life; then the physical benefits come.
I am convinced that unconditional love is the most powerful known stimulant of the immune system. If I told patients to raise their blood levels of immune globulins or killer T cells, no one would know how. But if I can teach them to love themselves and others fully, the same changes happen automatically. The truth is: love heals.
Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people. The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life. Remember that an act of love always benefits at least two people.
One's attitude towards oneself is the single most important factor in healing and staying well.
If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn.
I believe that we are here to contribute love to the planet - each of us in our own way
I know it was more than that. But it was also less than that, too.
For me writing and acting all comes out of the same place, a compulsion to review and connect to something. For me they are more similar than different.
I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you must write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won’t let you go. It’s not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write. If you’re not, nothing else that you do matters.
A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.