Domo arigato. Mr. Roboto. I was a robot oncologist. Until I wasn't. Until Flavie called me out. Until I reignited my soul. Until I brought my guitar into the chemo room. Until I reinvented what loving medicine meant. Until I realized love is the stro...
I never gave up. I wrote the book. I re-wrote the book. I re-invented the book. Reworked. Recreated. Collaborated. Until there was nothing left. I poured my soul onto those pages. I never gave up.
If life is a game... Then winning is loving. Winning is experiencing love. Feeling loved. If life is a game... Play it with love.
Writing every day is simply writing every day. Nothing more. Nothing less. It's not easy. It's not hard. It just is. Just writing. Loving every day is simply loving every day. Nothing more. Nothing less. It's not easy. It's not hard. It just is. Just...
After the accident. Before I spoke, I could sing. Scientists have found that speech and music live on opposite sides of the brain. My brain was broken. But I got better. Slowly. Speech therapy. Music therapy. Occupational therapy. Physical therapy. C...
I have always maintained that love and medicine are intimately intertwined. LOVE. Listening with your heart. Observing what's not being said from your heart. Verbalizing from your heart. Empathizing from your heart. Because compassion is crucial. And...
All I remember is my mother crying. Is he going to die? That he was me. I remember thinking: Look how upset you made her. I could've not made it. I would've not made it. If it wasn't for love.
Perfectly imperfect. Right now is perfectly imperfect. And if right now is all we have. Perfectly imperfect. Is perfectly fine.