This page is dedicated to wonderful books, food for thought, movies that inspire, provoke, or just chase away the blues, and great quotes that can assist in the coping process of managing an illness, disability, or time of stress.

I hope these are of help. 

Sincerely, Danny

Anatomy of an Illness - As Perceived by the Patient,  Norman Cousins

Your Inner Physician...and You: CranioSacral Therapy and Somatoemotional Release, 2nd Ed.,   Dr. John Upledger

Illusions, Richard Bach

Letters from  the Edge - A Travelogue Through the Looking Glass of Paralysis,  J. Michael Kanouff  www.fromtheedge.net

Life as a Daymaker,  David Wagner. 

The Power of Intention, Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. 

"Our ability to learn...involves the developing of new responses to familiar stimuli as the result of experience."  Moshe Feldenkrais

"Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours."         Richard Bach

"From galaxies to atoms, from bodies to thoughts, all things are energy fields of varying degrees of permanence, power, and clarity."  Mike Sayama

"Releasing is waiting, emptying, opening, falling, soaring, telescoping, rattling, ripple spasms, spinning, wonder, play."  Joan Skinner

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true.  You may have to work for it, however."  Richard Bach

"Where does the body end and the mind begin?  Where does the mind end and the spirit begin?  They cannot be divided as they are interrelated and but different aspects of the same all-pervading divine consciousness."  B.K.S. Iyengar

"The reward for attention is always healing."  Julia Cameron

"You are led through your lifetime by the inner learning creature, the playful spiritual being that is your real self.  Don't turn away from possible futures before you're certain you don't have anything to learn from them.  You're always free to change your mind and choose a different future, or a different past."  Richard Bach

"The body, too, calls out for compassion; it doesn't want to be treated the way the polluters treat the rivers and the skies."  Sy Safransky

"We will be in tune with our bodies only if we truly love and honor them.  We can't be in good communication with the enemy."        Harriet Goldhor Lerner

"Your body is a three-million-year-old healer.  Over three million years of evolution on this planet it has developed many ways to protect and heal itself...You have all the knowledge, tools, materials, and energy necessary to keep yourself healthy."   Mike Samuels and Hal Bennett

"Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there.  What you choose to do with them is up to you."  Richard Bach

"Is it possible that we're so conditioned to our daily lives, so conditioned to the way we create our lives, that we buy the idea that we have no control at all?  We've been conditioned to believe that the external world is more real than the internal world.  This new model of science says just the opposite.  It says what's happening within us will create what's happening outside of us."  Dr. Joseph Dispenza, from the film "What the Bleep Do We Know?"

"Wellness is a choice - a decision you make towards optimal health.  Wellness is a way of life - a lifestyle you design to achieve your highest potential for well being.  Wellness is a process - a developing awareness that there is no end point, but that health and happiness are possible in each moment, here and now.  Wellness is a positive acceptance of oneself.  Wellness is the interaction of the body, mind, and spirit - the affirmation that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an impact on our state of health.  A person seeking wellness care enhances their life experience.  The person wishes to feel healthier, to reduce the effects of aging, and to avoid becoming customers of the sickness business.  A wellness patient does not seek merely to maintain the status quo, return to pre-injury satus, or prevent illness.  Such an individual recognizes that Wellness Care is a lifelong process - a way of life - that is an integral component of global strategy for human empowerment."   Dr. Sharon Lacy

"When the patient loves his disease, how unwilling he is to allow a remedy to be applied."  Pierre Corneille, Le Cid

"Don't count the days, make the days count."  Muhammad Ali

"Every day in every way, I am getting better and better."  Emile Coue'

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly."  Buddha

"Cheerfulness is the very flower of health."  Japanese Proverb

"Accept that some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue."  Anonymous

"What wound did ever heal but by degrees?"  William Shakespeare

"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."  Erma Bombeck

"The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."  Francois Voltaire

"A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour."  Anonymous

"Health is not a condition of matter, but of mind." Mary Baker Eddy

"Thousands upon thousands of persons have studied disease.  Almost no one has studied health."  Adelle Davis

"He who sings frightens away his ills." Cervantes

"The oneness of mind and body holds the secret of illness and health."  Arnold Hutschnecker

"Doing good to others is not a duty.  It is a joy, for it increases your own health and happiness."  Zoroaster

"The past is history, the future a mystery, and this moment is a gift - that's why they call it the present!"  Deepak Chopra

"A quiet mind cureth all."  Robert Burton

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What the Bleep Do We (K)now!?

The Karate Kid

Pay It Forward

Rocky

Forrest Gump

Field of Dreams

Amelie

Castaway

From Ginny Dixon, photographer:  "The physically challenged have an experience of being powerful, beautiful, and an abundant source of contribution.  This lady blew me away.  She has Cerebral Palsy and only has muscle contro in her neck.  With this she has a headpiece (not shown in photo) with which she paints.  It takes her six months to make one painting.  She controls the wheelchair with a mouthpiece.  I asked her a few questions, and once again I am humbled by who people are."

On being in a wheelchair her entire life:  "I am lucky because I can transport myself."

On falling in love:  "I have a few boyfriends,,,but I don't like to be tied down to one, as I get bored easily."

On why she paints:  "My brain is a sumphony.  I love painting.  It makes me want to get up every day."

On only being able to contro the muscles in her neck:  "I have more control than most people and I am lucky for what I have."

I asked her if she feels stuck because she is in a wheelchair:  "No, I travel all over the world in my mind - I have been everywhere."