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41 " I am worthy. I am loved. I am cared for. I care for others. I choose only good for myself. I choose only good for others. I love myself. I love others. I open my heart. My heart is open. "
― James R. Doty , Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart
42 " parents, Jim. Sometimes we need to stop thinking about what we should say and just say what it is we need to. "
43 " In a way, it was easier for me to quiet my mind with my eyes open. It was when I closed my eyes and everything went dark that most of my worries came rushing out. In the dark there was no distraction, and every fear seemed to want to come out and play. "
44 " The heart, however, wants to connect us and wants to share. It wants to show us that there are no differences and that ultimately we are all the same. The heart has an intelligence of its own, and if we learn from it we will know that we keep what we have only by giving it away. If we want to be happy, we make others happy. If we want love, we have to give love. If we want joy, we need to make others joyful. If we want forgiveness, we have to forgive. If we want peace, we have to create it in the world around us. "
45 " I still wasn't sure I could remember a time when I felt relaxed. I've felt tired plenty of times, but I don't know if I've ever felt relaxed. I wasn't even sure what it meant. "
46 " I knew they loved me as best they could. And that was far different from how I had hoped for so long that they would love me. Yet at that moment, it felt like enough. "
47 " ONE THING every human has in common is the first sound we hear. It’s the heartbeat of our mother. That steady rhythm is the first connection each of us knows, not with our minds, but the knowing is there in our hearts. The heart is where we find our comfort and our safety in the darkest of places. It is what binds us together and what breaks when we are apart. The heart has its own kind of magic—love. "
48 " The body is full of signs about what’s going on inside us. It’s really amazing. Someone can ask you how you are feeling and you might say, ‘I don’t know,’ because maybe you don’t know or maybe you don’t want to say, but your body always knows how you are feeling. When you are afraid. When you are happy. When you are excited. When you are nervous. When you are angry. When you are jealous. When you are sad. Your mind might think you do not know, but if you ask your body, it will tell you. It has a mind of its own, in a way. It reacts. It responds. Sometimes it reacts the right way in a situation, sometimes the wrong way. "
49 " It's funny how when you've been starved of such experiences you want to hold them and not let them go. "
50 " Perasaan tidaklah benar atau salah. Itu hanya perasaan. "
― James R. Doty
51 " In the end, how well we love each other and how well we take care of each other will be what determines the survival of our planet and our species. His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, “Love and compassion are necessities; without them humanity cannot survive. "
52 " I sat in silence in my room concentrating on turning off the deejay, slowly breathing in and out, but the silence only seemed to make the voice in my head grow louder. "
53 " Some of the wisest patients and people I have ever met have been children. The heart of a child is wide-open. Children will tell you what scares them, what makes them happy, and what they like about you and what they don’t. There is no hidden agenda, and you never have to guess how they really feel. "
54 " oftentimes those who hurt people are those who hurt the most. "
55 " If you can heal your own wounds, you don’t hurt anymore and you don’t hurt others. "