2020: The Year of the Caped Invader

The Cough

2020

Going a Mile a Minute

Getting Through It

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Friendships

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My Name

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The Art of Humanity

“True silence is the rest of the mind and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” -William Penn

“True silence is the rest of the mind and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” -William Penn Do you take walks in the woods, practice meditative silence in your private space, enjoy creative moments…

“Daddy changed the world.” – Gianna Floyd

No doubt the entire world watched as the verdict was handed down within ten hours of deliberation. Not a single not guilty verdict came forth in response to the video that captured the entire world's attention. No matter your position on…

“When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself.” -Buddha

I love the first portion of this quotation. By heeding health directives, wearing seatbelts, driving the speed limit, wearing a mask, you are not merely caring for yourself, you are aware of those around you. I suspect the latter part of…

“Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.” -Ban Ki-moon 

I did not know the victims of the shootings deaths that transpired in Atlanta. I do not know why the shooter did it. I don’t know why guns abound in the hands of those who might use them. I do know that sons lost mothers. I know that…

“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…

“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…

“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.…

“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…

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…

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” – Einstein

Do not wait for the world to salute your deeds. Do not do for the goal of affirmation or adulation by the masses. Do because it’s right. Do because it feels right. The outcome, the adulations, the desserts – that’s icing that adds inches…