You wake up. About 28,945 times. You spend 6.8% (or 1,968 days) of your life being with someone you love. You spend 41% (or 11,867 days) staring at some kind of screen (smartphone, laptop or TV). Zipping through life without really getting it. Withou...

A leaky mitral valve. Got leakier. Cut to: my robotic-assisted mitral valve repair. Scary for sure. But it did not kill me. I went through it. It was done. I survived. What got me through? Connection. Love. Now I'm even better.

Life is hard. It was never meant to be easy. An oncologist mentor told me this at Georgetown. Show up. Do what needs to be done. Do the right behavior. Do it again. Lead by example. Lead from love. Listen rather than force. Observe rather than escape...

You’re just trying. Trying to be kind. Trying to be compassionate. Trying to be loving. Trying to be accepting. Trying to be non-judgmental. Trying to be tranquil. Trying to lead from your heart. Trying to nourish your soul. Trying to nourish their s...

It would be. It would be wonderful. It would be wonderful if love conquered hate. It would be wonderful if love conquered hate every time. It would be wonderful if love conquered hate every time; especially now. It would be wonderful if love conquere...

Live a life of openness. Open to every experience. Open to every emotion. Open to all the beauty surrounding you. Every illumination. At all times.

We all have things in common. A lot of things. We all have love inside of us. Even them. It's somewhere. Find it. When you do, it's a great place to start cultivating connection.

I trust you. I have compassion for you. I listen to you. I connect with you. These things make helping you possible.

Enlightenment. Medicine. Enlightenment + Medicine = Enlightenmed. Medicine can be a place of ever-present peace. A loving, joyful practice.

Is this useful? Useful for my personal growth? Am I useful to those in front of me right now? Change happens in front of you, next to you, and inside you. Let usefulness rule your day.