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Diseases can be our spiritual flat tires - disruptions in our lives that seem to be disasters at the time but end by redirecting our lives in a meaningful way.

Bernie Siegel

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Bernie Siegel
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: October 14
Motivational Speaker
Physician
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
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