Life Is Magic Quotes

“He wrote that our main concern is neither the pursuit of pleasure nor the avoidance of pain, but rather to find meaning in life.”
― Jon Dorenbos, Life Is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to Self-Discovery

“Feel sorry for myself? Puh-leeze. There were too many good things happening. “We alive, baby,” I’d begin and end every day saying to Anni—needing us both to hear the words.”
― Jon Dorenbos, Life Is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to Self-Discovery

“I looked at Anni, and we both were tearing up. We’d found our man. “What’s the difference between God and a doctor?” an old joke asks. “God knows he’s not a doctor.” Well, Bavaria carries himself with what some might think of as a God complex. But I think of it as swagger, which is exactly what you want from a guy into whose hands you’re placing your life. Brian Dawkins’s alter ego needed its own locker? Damn straight. Because if you want to be that good at something, you don’t just study it. You become it. You want to be Dr. Bavaria? You become the baddest muthafucka with a stethoscope on the planet. You carry yourself with confidence, and others will have confidence in you.”
― Jon Dorenbos, Life Is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to Self-Discovery

“Meantime, I underwent another echocardiogram and a CT test with dye. Turns out, my condition had zero to do with diet or behavior. I was born with a congenital heart defect known as a bicuspid aortic valve, the valve that transports blood flow from the heart. It’s an inherited form of heart disease in which two of the leaflets of the valve fuse together in the womb. It is the most common cause of heart disease present at birth and affects between 1 and 2 percent of adults. The walls of the aorta are typically strong enough to tolerate the stress of blood flow from the heart. Aneurysms—which develop in about half of all patients with bicuspid valves—occur when the walls weaken. As the weakened wall deteriorates, it leaves behind damaged tissue that grows in size, heightening the risk of a serious tear. The aortic valve is supposed to be three centimeters. Mine? The size of a can of Coca-Cola. So that’s why time was of the essence.”
― Jon Dorenbos, Life Is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to Self-Discovery

“It’s that prideful, egocentric part of ourselves that fights what is right in front of us, that resists closure. Expecting everyone to treat you the way you treat them is more about you than them.”
― Jon Dorenbos, Life Is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to Self-Discovery

“Today, I can’t tell you how many people tell me they can’t forgive someone who has wronged them. I tell them to stop keeping score, man. Forgiving someone doesn’t mean they win. To the contrary: letting go of bitterness and guilt frees you. Do it for yourself.”
― Jon Dorenbos, Life Is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to Self-Discovery

“I was no longer embarrassed by my story. Dad killing Mom was terrible, but it was also just something that happened. Through therapy, I learned you can control what happens to you by taking control of your own story.”
― Jon Dorenbos, Life Is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to Self-Discovery

“As deep as that epiphany is, it’s not like progress in therapy was steady. I’d be up and down like crazy. Particularly when it came to my dad. As time went on, I got more and more angry at him, even while I missed him. Or, at least, I missed who I thought he was. What I was missing wasn’t him, it was my thought of him, a version of reality I carried around in my own head. Today, when I tell myself talk to yourself, don’t listen to yourself, that’s what I’m talking about: the tendency all of us have to believe that voice in our head, rather than step back and hold the myths we tell ourselves up to inspection.”
― Jon Dorenbos, Life Is Magic: My Inspiring Journey from Tragedy to Self-Discovery