I am not especially superstitious but it tends to be a Friday afternoon when the collective mass of the hospital shudders to the realisation that the weekend is upon us and important questions are unanswered ... “I am the oncologist,” I begin gently.
The person who stayed quiet left with only the protection of an image.The particular courage of the questionAsking a question in front of others is a small act that requires a specific kind of courage ...
When I was living in Southern California, I got to know an Iranian family that vehemently identified themselves as “Persian.” This was when the Ayatollah Khomeini was still in power in Iran, and they had fled the country to escape ....
Think about the last time you put something off. Not because the task itself was impossible, or because you lacked the ability to do it, or because the timing was genuinely wrong ... The plan was clear. The intention was real ... The step across the threshold.