The Power of Hope

Peace, Love & Healing   BodyMind Communication & The Path to Self-Healing:   An Exploration Excerpt from Dr. Bernie S. Siegel   The Power of Hope   Perhaps more powerful than any visualization or other specific technique you can use to alter the inner environment of your body are feelings of hope and love.   I consider it my job as a doctor to give my patients both, because that’s what they need to be able to live.   Since I don’t know what the outcome will be for any individual, no matter what the pathology report says , I can in all honesty give everyone hope.   I offer the doctors in my audiences a standing bet of a year’s salary.   I will read a pathology report, and if they can guess the date of that person’s death within six months they get my salary, but if not I get theirs.   Even though they have a total of twelve months leeway, I’ve yet to find anyone willing to take me up on my offer.   When I challenge them, they say they can’t tell from a pathology report when a person will die.   Then how can they use path reports to sentence people, as so many of them regularly do?   You can’t tell the future from a pathology report, and anyone who says otherwise is wrong.   There are differences between probabilities and possibilities.   I used to sit in my office wondering why I was spending all my hours with people who had diseases they couldn’t get over.   But some of them did get over their diseases, and wrote me letters years later saying “Thank you for giving me the option to survive.   I did.”   So now it’s easy for me to pass that option on to others, people with AIDS, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, lupus, multiple sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.   It doesn’t matter what the disease is.   There’s always room for hope.   I’ m not going to die because of statistics.   I hope you won’t either.     Peace, Love & Healing    by    Dr. Bernie S. Siegel   Post edited to change font size... : ) Post Edited (bluebird) : 9/29/2007 5:41:57 PM (GMT-6)

Once again I sit at my computer crying my eyes out, but they are tears of gratitude.

Today is my 43rd and last day of radiation treatment and I am hopeful.

Bill

Awesome Lee!  You are truly a godsend! 

;o)  Linda

Thanks Bluebird for yet another boost. You are amazing!!!

Jim

Mama Bluebird, I read that book over 15 years ago, when my dad was diagnosised. I have since bought a copy for multiple people who have been diagnosised with one form of cancer or another. It is one of my favorite books. I gave it to Kurt, the night we found out. Thanks for the refresher. Courtney

Lee,

You have come through again. Thanks for bringing this back for us "newbies" to see. All we really have is Faith and Hope. Faith in the good Lord and Hope that we and the doctors will listen when He speaks. You embarassed me yesterday. I am the one that has always looked to my faith for strength and relied on God's word for Hope. I kinda let things get away from me and lost focus. I guess your are the one that will, as my dear daddy would say, "tie a knot in my rear". I now know where to go when I am down, God, my lovely wife, and BLUEBIRD. Talk about a awesome trio.

God love you and War Eagle.

Walt

  To Our Dear Forum Friends… M.Kat, Jetguy, rj2bjj, lawink, pcdave, biker90, Pete42, kziz…   Thank you for your warm responses to this thread.   I’m so thankful for having posted it.   With 332 views as of this date ~ we’ve touched a few more lives… along our way! Thank you for allowing us to continue walking and sharing as we all continue forward ~ touching each other’s lives in such a positive, supportive, calming way….   Special Hugs to each of you!!!        Dear Faith & her Brice, You need not more faith!   You just need to know that there is sun behind all the darkness that swamps us from time to time during this journey.   That’s where we come in to help you find the light again… We huff and we puff and I even flutter my wings to help move them along!   Just hold tight to all of us ~ as we continue to walk with you and Brice.   You Are Not Alone!         Dear War-eagle   : ) Walt & Loved One, Your posting brought several smiles to my heart until I read the part about being embarrassed!!!   You need never feel this way at any time!   There are times where the strongest of the strong can bend against a hurricane of rain.   That rain eventually becomes a rainbow when the sun begins to shine again….   Keep your little rainbow close ~ it is filled with so much strength from all of us here on the forum.   I truly feel blessed that our wings have touched your life.   What a gift you’ve given us… allowing us in.  Remember ~ we are “all”ways here for you!   You are wrapped close to us….      P.S. I have been known to box a few ears in my time!!!!   giggle-giggle.         Hagrid & Hagrid’s Angel, You are truly needed here!   I’m so thankful to know you will be starting your own personal thread.   Thank you for a wonderful gift of Caring….  Our gift to you is reaching toward you with open arms to link together as we join you on your path.  Thank you for allowing us to walk with you and for joining us in our walk... to HealingWell...     In Friendship ~ Lee & Buddy 

    Hey ~ Magaboo,    For your friendship.       For your support.           For everything.             Thank you dear friend.                 Love with hugs…from Lee & Buddy

Dear Mama Bluebird,

You are such a wonderful person. I don't know how you find the time but you are ALWAYS so positive and helpful to so many of us. I think when God made you he broke the mold. Thank you for giving so much of your unselfish self to all of us. It is so true, you are a Godsend.

Thank you

Diana