Care About Love

What do you care? What do you care about? What do I care? Why do I care about what you care about? Because I believe we both care about the same thing. We care about breaking down the walls between us. We care about caring for each other. We care abo...

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Mar 21, 2021
Success

Success: Seemingly. Unrelated. Coincidences. Collide. Empowering. Serendipitous. Situations. Success.

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Mar 20, 2021
More Lovingly

Listening is everything. If you don't listen you can't communicate. We don't listen enough. We just wait for our turn to talk. Hoping they'll listen to us. I am always learning how to listen more actively. More intentionally. More lovingly.

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Mar 19, 2021
Happens For You

Always be kind to yourself. Self-compassion is key. Key to not beating yourself up. Key for being grateful. Grateful for what happens to you. Everything that happens to you. Not just what happens to you. What happens for you.

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Mar 18, 2021
Both

Living. Living in the present. Not living. Not living in the present. Living. Living in the present. Not living. Not living in the present. Both.

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Mar 17, 2021
To Thrive

They survived. Everyone I saw in my clinic today. They survived another day. Another appointment with me. Another one of my songs. Every office visit has its own melody. Its own lyrics. The music we make together. To struggle and to survive. To keep...

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Mar 16, 2021
Imperfect

Don't wait. Don't wait one more day. One more hour. One more minute. Start it. That thing you want to start. Because you have to. You have to start it. First is start. Next is to do it again. To keep the momentum. The Seinfeld Streak. It's easier to...

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Mar 15, 2021
Nevertheless

I survived. I survived on September 8, 1983. Survived a lot of blood loss. Survived respiratory failure. Survived massive brain edema. Survived expressive aphasia. Survived every day from then until now. That's 13,700 days I wouldn't have had. Really...

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Mar 14, 2021
We're Going

I'm sure of one thing. That I’m not quite sure about anything. Practicing oncology shoves it in my face. Nothing is textbook. So many variables when assessing a patient's response to treatment. Variables that start at the molecular level. Like EGFR m...

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Mar 13, 2021
Don't Blow It

I almost died young. Really young. Thirteen! But I got a second chance. Dr. Kodsi sewed by face back up. I thought I looked like Young Frankenstein. Ortho put my left leg back together. A wheelchair my new best friend. The ICU team brought me back fr...

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Mar 12, 2021