DAILY CHOICE: Thursday, November 19, 2009

Passionate vs. Cynical REFLECTION: Fervor flows with the first breath of life. In a perfect world, this stream of energy would be constant, relentless, unimpeded through all one’s time. Yet life presents obstacles, both internal and external. Complacency finds its way through the door of comfort and luxury on the one hand or through the […]

Is There Formaldehyde In Your Bedroom?

Mike Magee VIDEO (press here) If you talk to most doctors about their medical school training, many will tell you that one of the most impactful experiences was participating in the human anatomy lab. Beyond the humbling nature of learning from a human cadaver, the physical nature of the experience – sights, sounds, and especially […]

DAILY CHOICE: Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Freedom vs. Bondage REFLECTION: The human race throughout all time has been subjected to many forms of bondage. Freedom has been the response, the willingness to take a chance understanding that the worst is already today’s reality. With all else gone, the chains are broken. What do we fight for? To speak our mind and […]

DAILY CHOICE: Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Include vs. Exclude REFLECTION: Exclusion creates a special brand of loneliness made worse again by distrust or lack of confidence. The world has witnessed many forms of exclusion, each justified with its own convoluted rationale, but none that has stood the test of time, or reason, or good sense. Excluding sets in motion changes that […]

DAILY CHOICE: Monday, November 16, 2009

Receive vs. Reject REFLECTION: We are a wounded people, wounded from the start, wounded at the last. Not bad, not deserving of ill fortune, but imperfect, each and every one. The wounds are unique, as different one from another as the differences of one individual from the next. But wounded still. The wise society is […]

The Infinite Loop of Finger Pointing: Chemotherapy, Congress, CMS, & the CBO

Eric Dishman “Janice” is dreading her 65th birthday next month, and not for the reasons you might imagine. She is actually proud to be turning 65, especially because doctors told her ten years ago that she only had a year to live. I met her in 1999 when she was first diagnosed with a rare disorder that’s […]

DAILY CHOICE: Saturday, November 14, 2009

Content vs. Driven REFLECTION: Fame is clearly a double edged sword. Ambition drives many to the edge of the cliff, some over. And looking down, for most of us, there is an inner force, drawing us back, within ourselves, to reflect and search again for peace. Moments of calm are spiritual, transcendent, contrasting with the […]

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