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James R. Doty QUOTES

James R. Doty QUOTES

21 " We're talking about what you felt. Feelings are not right or wrong. They are just feelings. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

22 " Others can create your reality only if you don't create it yourself. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

23 " Sometimes the thing you want most is just someone to tell you, tell you anything. Because that means you're important. And sometimes it's not that you're not important, it's just you're not seen because the pain of those around you makes you invisible. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

24 " It's the same with the wounds in our heart. We need to give them our attention so that they can heal. Otherwise the wound continues to cause us pain. Sometimes for a very long time. We're all going to get hurt. That's just the way it is. But here's the trick about the things that hurt us and cause us pain–they also serve an amazing purpose. When our hearts are wounded that's when they open. We grow through pain. We grow through difficult situations. That's why you have to embrace each and every difficult thing in your life. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

25 " Everything didn't have to be broken just because something was broken. I didn't have to be broken. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

26 " I thought I was lucky because, unlike most of my friends, I never had to be home at a particular time. I didn’t want to get home until late because I knew if I got home earlier there would often be a fight in progress or some other event that made me wish I were somewhere else, someone else. Sometimes the thing you want most is just someone to tell you, tell you anything. Because that means you’re important. And sometimes it’s not that you’re not important, it’s just you’re not seen because the pain of those around you makes you invisible. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

27 " I reach in blindly but knowing that there is more to this life than we can possibly see, and that each of us is capable of doing amazing things far beyond what we think is possible. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

28 " But you can control your body and you can control your mind. That might not sound like a lot, but it's very powerful. It can change anything. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

29 " Equanimity is to have an evenness of temperament even during difficult times. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

30 " Things don't always happen the way we think they will, but I've learned that they happen exactly the way they're supposed to happen. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

31 " But it takes work, and some things will take longer to happen than others. And sometimes it won't happen exactly the way you expect. But I promise you, everything you put on your list, everything you feel in your heart, everything you think about and imagine with your mind, if you truly believe, if you work very hard, will happen. You have to see it and then you have to go after it. You can't just wait in your room. You actually have to go get good grades, and go to medical school, and learn how to be a doctor. But in some mysterious way you will also be drawing it to you, and you will become what you imagine. If you use your mind and your heart, it will happen. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

32 " ...it is your thoughts that create reality. Others can create your reality only if you don't create it yourself. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

33 " I could try to create a new reality for myself, but I could not change the people I loved "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

34 " I was living for the future that existed in my mind, and it was a far more enjoyable place to live "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

35 " Sometimes we need to stop thinking about what we should say and just say what it is we need to. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

36 " I cared because I had felt pain and humiliation a million times already and it hurt. "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

37 " She taught me the pointlessness of wishing for a different past and the futility of worrying about all of the frightening futures over which I had no control. In "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart

38 " Who we are today doesn't have to be who we are tomorrow... "

― James R. Doty

39 " Sometimes it’s not that you’re not important, it’s just you’re not seen because the pain of those around you makes you invisible. "

― James R. Doty

40 " كما أني أعرف الآن سرّاً آخر من أسرار الدماغ، ألا وهو أنه سيختار على الدوام ما هو مألوف لديه ويفضله على ما هو غير مألوف. وقد جعلت نجاحي كطبيب أمراً مألوفاً لذهني عبر تصوري الدائم له. والنيّة مسألة عجيبة، لأن الدماغ يرى بوضوح ما ينويه، على سبيل المثال.. هل فكرت يوماً باقتناء سيارة من طراز ما ثم رحت تراها أينما نظرت؟ هل دفعت نيتك تلك السيارة للظهور في كل مكان أم أن انتباه دماغك المركّز هو من سمح لك لرؤية ما كان أمامك على الدوام؟ الفكرة البسيطة التي تعنون هذا العصر الجديد هي أنك: لا تحصل سوى على ما تتوقعه. وهي فكرة إيجابية ومثال قوي على البرمجة العصبية وإعادة برمجة الدماغ. الانتباه كذلك أمر هام جداً لأنه قادر على تحويل أدمغتنا وتشكيل المزيد من المادة الرمادية في المناطق الخاصة بالتعلم والأداء الفكري والخيال وتحقيق الطموح في أدمغتنا. لقد علمتني روث كيفية الانتباه لما أريده من الحياة، فهل توقعت أن أعيش فقيراً من قبل؟ هل توقعت لحياتي أن تكون بلا أهمية لأني كنت أتلقى معونات حكومية ونشأت في عائلة دمّرها الإدمان؟ هل توقعت طوال الوقت قبل روث أن أكون نكرة فاشلاً بسبب مكان سكني أو هوية والديّ؟ "

― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart