“A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book.”
Exactly how Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted…
"What is the good of your stars and trees, your sunrise and the wind, if they do not enter into our daily lives?" Indeed, In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
People pay the doctor for his trouble; for his kindness, they still remain in his debt. Our profession is the only one which works unceasingly to annihilate itself. 🤙
Study hard until you can say “I am a doctor” everything is gonna be alright.” “Behind every fine doctor, there is always a nurse.” “Study to save lives.” “Only the healing art enables one to make a name for himself and at the same time give benefit to others
This 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud lady, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o’clock, with her hair fashionably coiffed and makeup perfectly applied, even though she is legally blind, moved to a nursing home yesterday. Her husband of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, she smiled sweetly when told her room was ready. As she maneuvered her walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of her tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on her window. “I love it,” she stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.
“Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room …. just wait.”
“That doesn’t have anything to do with it,” she replied. “Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn’t depend on how the furniture is arranged, it’s how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It’s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice;
I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open I’ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I’ve stored away, just for this time in my life.”
She went on to explain, “Old age is like a bank account, you withdraw from what you’ve put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories Thank you for your part in filling my Memory bank. I am still depositing.”
And with a smile, she said: “Remember the five simple rules to be happy:
1. Free your heart from hatred.
2. Free your mind from worries.
3. Live simply.
4. Give more.
5. Expect less, & enjoy every moment.
Photograph by Karsten Thormaehlen
Her dad told her, "If you marry that man you will never set foot in this house again."
Mary soon learned that most people felt the same way.
The first years of their marriage living in Birmingham were hell-- no one would speak to them, they couldn’t find anywhere to live because no one would rent to a black man, and they had no money. But they didn't give up.
Gradually life became easier. Mary got teaching jobs, ending up as a deputy head teacher. Jake worked in a factory and then got a job at the Post Office. Slowly they made friends, but it was difficult. Mary used to tell people, "before I invite you to my home.... my husband is Black." Some would never talk to her again.
Last year they celebrated their 74th anniversary and they are still very much in love, and never regretted what they did.'
Our AMA adopts the following definition of 'surgery' from American College of Surgeons Statement ST-11: Surgery is performed for the purpose of structurally altering the human body by the incision or destruction of tissues and is part of the practice of medicine. Happy new month!
It takes time, it takes practice, It takes love.” “You cannot save the world, but you can save the man right in front of you.” “God cannot come for us all the time, that is why he sent doctors for us.” “Doctor is the profession where knowledge, power, and heart come together.”
Study hard until you can say “I am a doctor” everything is gonna be alright.” “Behind every fine doctor, there is always a nurse.” “Study to save lives.” “Only the healing art enables one to make a name for himself and at the same time give benefit to others.”
Study hard until you can say “I am a doctor” everything is gonna be alright.” “Behind every fine doctor, there is always a nurse.” “Study to save lives.” “Only the healing art enables one to make a name for himself and at the same time give benefit to others.