A poem for Match
Posted on | February 7, 2010 | 2 Comments
Twas the night before match and all through the land
Every student was stirring–in fear of fates hand
All the rank lists were sent with the greatest of care
In hopes that Doc So-and-so would grant their dear prayer
For in just a few hours, at high noon precicely
The server would jam as we all log on nicely
Some with a scream and others with tears
Will see where they’re heading for the next couple years
Oh Match don’t you fail me, please find me a place
One with the training you just can’t replace
As I fall asleep tongight–if I can sleep at all
I think of where I might be living this fall
No matter the locàl, no matter the city
I be living inside until I’m pasty white pretty
For interns are abused as much as they can be
Living in hospitals without the sun friendly
Noon will come soon, our first choices in sight
Merry Match day to all, and to all a good night
David and Julie Keith
The Trancendentalists
Posted on | February 3, 2010 | 2 Comments
“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I was in high school, I was fascinated by the writers known as the transendentalists. To me to be a “writing movement” with ideas that formed an actually historical blip was amazing and I grew to enjoy RA Emmerson’s work. He ennoyed education as well as has an interesting, and I think unique view of the world and religion. I think it would have been interesting to talk with him for an evening. He had many thoughts directed at what makes a person a better person, as well as insights such as this one about a person’s character. I think he was on the mark here.
From: Doctoring: the Nature of Primary Care Medicine
Posted on | January 25, 2010 | No Comments
“A common error in thinking about primary care is to see it as entry-level medicine…and, because of this, rudimentary medicine — for mostly (say) the common cold and imaginary illnesses. This is a false notion. Everyone knows, however, that knowing when you don’t know require sophisticated knowledge…From the perspective of training physicians and the knowledge bases required for adequate performance, the higher we go on the scale of a specialist training, the less complex medical problems become.” Eric J. Cassell, MD
Man I love that quote! Very well put!
A great new female vocalist
Posted on | December 22, 2009 | No Comments
I heard this on the itunes sampler, and I thought it was really good. It’s easy to listen to and very smooth.
I saw this quote on someone’s Email
Posted on | November 16, 2009 | No Comments
It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t.
It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.
— James Gordon
I thought this was an insightful comment, as we all try to change ourselves, influence others, etc etc. There is a definitely a timing to everything.
Internet and Intimacy
Posted on | November 11, 2009 | 3 Comments
This is an interesting talk on how the internet connects us to each other. She discusses some of the social norms that have created the structure we have, and how the higher up the echelons, the more control one has over their ability to talk to their close relationships.
Anyway, interesting.
It is humbling…
Posted on | November 2, 2009 | 2 Comments
It is very humbling to feed a young woman her breakfast because she is too autistic to tell you she’s hungry, but functional enough to sometimes be able to use a spoon. It is humbling to watch a spirit, “trapped” in a body that wont allow her to communicate all she feels, so only pure emotion and frustration surface. When she is not understood, or cannot get her needs met, she strikes her own head–her ears bearing years of scars and healing in the form of large keloid scars.
It is humbing to think, that something as simple as telling another human, I think I am tired, do you mind letting me rest? or I am very sad, and I cannot seem to be comforted, will you love me? Can never be said by some who need it most. A very humbling thing to watch.
Premortal Life…Existance before this life
Posted on | August 9, 2009 | No Comments
Premortal life, a spiritual life before this mortal life is core to the LDS faith. There are some other religions who this that we were only created to praise God. That He made us instantaneously at birth to do this.
I came across this written essay by JF McConkie titled “ Premortal Existence, Foreordinations, and Heavenly Councils“. He is the son of a former apostle and a scriptorian. I’ve been recently very interested in the concept of God’s planning of the world and placement of each person and their purpose. This talk speaks to the former.
He interestingly quote from the Acts of Thomas, an apocryphal work with a really interesting parable that an LDS member would appriciate.
THE ALLEGORY OF THE PEARL
The various threads at which we have looked to this point are perhaps best woven into a single tapestry in the Syriac Hymn of the Pearl, which has been preserved for us in a work entitled the Acts of Thomas. This is an allegory of a king’s son who is required to leave his father’s kingdom, where he enjoyed great wealth, to obtain a pearl. The pearl, quite obviously, is a symbol of his own soul. His parents see that he is properly provisioned for his journey. Before leaving their presence he is required to surrender his splendid robe. This robe, or garment of light, we are told, had been woven to the measure of his stature. He also enters into a covenant with them to obtain the pearl and return that he might once again enjoy their presence and wear his splendid robe. The covenant is written upon his heart.
Though the way is hazardous and difficult, an intimate friend referred to as “an (anointed one)” warns him of the dangers that beset him. Notwithstanding all this he soon forgets his identity as a king’s son and his mission to obtain the pearl. At this point a council is held; it is attended by his father, his mother, his brother (the crown prince), and many other great and mighty ones. They determine to send him a letter imploring him to awake and remember who he is and what king he serves. He is encouraged to remember his splendid robe and to so conduct himself that his name might be written in the book of heroes, and that with his brother he may be an heir to his father’s kingdom.
Thus reminded, he commences again his efforts to obtain the pearl, which he must wrestle from a terrible serpent. This he is able to do only by naming his father’s name, that of his brother, and that of his mother. Having obtained the pearl he flees Egypt, sheds his dirty and unclean garments, and is further guided by the letter. At this point he is greeted by messengers from his parents, who clothe him once more in his royal robe, and he returns as an heir to his father’s kingdom. As introduced in Edgar Hennecke’s New Testament Apocrypha, this story is described as a “fabulous narrative: of a Gnostic Redeemer myth in which to be sure nothing points to a Christian origin.”
Interesting idea. Particularly in light of a “patriarchal blessing” LDS members receive.
Hippocrates
Posted on | August 1, 2009 | No Comments
A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.
Hippocrates, Regimen in Health
Quote
Posted on | July 5, 2009 | 1 Comment
“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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