by marshal | Jul 5, 2006 | Confession, Lessons Learned, Love
I have not had a teachable spirit these past several days. Therefore, writing a "lesson learned" seems strange and bites at my spirit. Where is my spirit open to instruction? At times openness to learning is hard. As a physician it means trudging through the...
by marshal | Mar 15, 2006 | Confession, Lessons Learned
Disappointment. . . frustration. Feelings such as these fill my heart when medical students and residents exhibit "intellectual superiority". Over the last 20 years, teaching the importance of the whole person to medical students and residents has not been...
by marshal | Nov 9, 2005 | Confession, Lessons Learned
I walked into the fitness center, reached for the remote control to the television and found it broken. Frustration gripped me. I want whatever is broken repaired immediately — broken arms, broken electronics, and even broken emotions. How unrealistic! Certainly...
by marshal | Jul 6, 2005 | Confession, Lessons Learned
Sometimes I am stopped at a red light and see someone talking to themselves. Maybe they are practicing a speech or telling their boss what they really think! I chuckle wondering about the content of those soliloquies. Years ago one of my psychiatry professors in...
by marshal | Jun 22, 2005 | Confession, Integrity, Lessons Learned, Truth
"Why did you do that?" I immediately felt defensive and ready for "battle". At times, I would prefer to defend a wrong decision than admit to a mistake. To what extent would I go to preserve my self-esteem? I hope not far. But to be honest, at...
by marshal | Mar 30, 2005 | Confession, Lessons Learned
Since the American with Disabilities Act of 1990, those who suffer from disability have received services to better meet their needs. This is, of course, a good and proper action. Having been in the company of many people with disabilities, I have found most of them...
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