“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What is a story? When I think of a story, I think of a fairy tale. An imaginary account that has been concocted for...
Balance does not mean that everything gets equal weighting all the time
One of the biggest struggles of my adult life has been the elusive idea of work-life balance. It seems like a simple concept. First, determine your priorities. Then, live your...
“Once you accept your flaws, no one can use them against you.”
Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones
I like to tell the story about the evening I met my wife. We were out to dinner with a group of people, and she was sitting across the table...
What is this self inside us, this silent observer,
Severe and speechless critic , who can terrorize us
And urge us on to futile activity
And in the end, judge us still more severely
For the errors into which his own reproaches drove us?
T. S. Eliot, The...
“Being a dad means being there for your pups through thick and thin, teaching them, playing with them, and showing them love every day. It’s the greatest adventure of all.”
ā€•Bandit Heeler
If you have young children, you might be familiar with the...
“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”
ā€•Theophrastus
Fact: No one will value your time as much as you do.
Time is undoubtedly our most valuable and limited resource. Every day, so many people and things vie for...
“Monday is like a math problem. Add the irritation, subtract the sleep, multiply the problems, divide the happiness.”
ā€•Unknown
Work dread. You know the feeling even if you didn’t know it had a name. It is that sensation...
“Alone, we can do little; together, we can do so much.”
ā€•Helen Keller
For all its traumas, one of the most incredible gifts bestowed upon doctors is the community created during medical training. When I think back to my Internal Medicine...
“Sometimes you are in the middle of your destiny before you even know it has begun.”
ā€•Sarah Holman
As a native New Yorker, I always thought Chicago was the “Second City” because it was inferior to New York. I would go out on a...
“Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.”
ā€•Eckhart Tolle
Q: “Daddy, will you play with me?”
Me: “Sure. What do you want to play?”
Q: “Let’s play dolls.”
Me: “OK, sweetie. ...
“When you squeeze an orange, you'll always get orange juice to come out. What comes out is what's inside. The same logic applies to you: when someone squeezes you, puts pressure on you, or says something unflattering or critical, and out of you comes anger, hatred, bitterness,...
“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.”
ā€•Les Brown
We ask our children to wonder and dream, and they do.
- What do you want to be when you grow up?
- If you had a million dollars, what would you do...