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“You never have to ask anyone’s permission to lead, Just lead.” Vice President, Kamala Devi Harris
In honor of African-American month, I have selected a quotation from Ms. Kamala Devi Harris. We certainly achieved an historic milestone with America’s first ever female Vice President, so her place in today’s weekly affirmation feels apropos. “You never have to ask anyone’s permission to lead, Just lead.” I love that she asks us not […]
“Not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” Dalai Lama
“Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.” -Dalai Lama Wow. I needed to hear that at this very moment. Savor that notion for a bit. Disappointment most often follows when we do not get what we had wanted, or expected, or believe we were deserving of. Ever open a […]
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” C.S. Lewis
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.” C.S. Lewis I am a physician to many hundreds, nearly a thousand patients. Many of them hold me in high esteem, telling me they will do anything I ask them to. Asking me never to leave the practice, or to take them with […]
“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation.” -Dale Carnegie
… “Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” I want you to ponder this for a moment. Then I want you to write down the name of someone who satisfies this in spades. For me, it would be my mom. She has never been concerned […]
It’s never too late to be what you might have been. – George Eliot
Turning the clock back to reminisce over what might have been, lament over what was not is akin to believing that your past designs on your life were somehow better or correct from the outset. To despair is to lay claim to history as more perfect than your present. Are we to believe that our […]