If I do my thing and you do your thing
And if we don’t live up to each other’s expectations
We might live but the world will not survive.
You are you, and I am I,
and together, joining hands, not by chance,
We will find each other beautiful.
If not, we can’t be helped.
I do my thing and you do your thing
I am not in this world to
live up to your expectations,
and you are not in this world to
live up to mine.
You are you
and I am I
and if by chance we find each other,
it’s beautiful.
Love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well… I am not aware of any factor in medicine - not diet, not smoking, not stress, not genetics, not drugs, not surgery - that has greater impact on our quality of life, incidence of illness and premature death from all causes.
— Dean Ornish, MD in Love and Survival: The Scientific Basis for the Healing Power of Intimacy