I thought this was going to be another repetitive bit of nonsense from Pop-psychology circles.
Instead,
Several very profound conclusions were drawn from all of it.
Yes,
I am NO LESS PATRIOTIC, etc.
I volunteered to serve as a Flight Surgeon in 1979.
Endured the disdain of my fellow young doctors.
I'd do it all over again.
I was not successful in stemming the tide of my own profession in protecting our patients' ability to be seen by us when they were ill. The insurance companies pic.edk us off one by one, each succumbing to their promise of "one more dollar" for a little bit of corporate control of health care. We refused to organize.
None of us were ever going to starve.
I expatriated tonav3rd world country where it was possible to provide care for NO MONEY at all. (Imsaid i had ENOUGH, something few Americans ever experience.)
Had I not said my times in mynStatesude pactice, "id ratherbdomthisvfor nothing than to go through this!"
You've written an essay that pinpoints my feelings of where I am, and I suspect a WHOLE lot of us are right now. The strange part is that, with all the crap in the world, I've felt strangely peaceful these last couple of weeks. You're pointing out something I've been sensing but couldn't put into words.
I've tried all my life to make a difference in my community/world and it seems to have all been, as they say, "shot to shit". Most of us still want to try, but some of us don't have many years left, so now it's...all about ourselves and the ones we love/care about. Focus on helping ourselves (and NOT hurting others) and avoiding dealing with a world where "the devil take the hindmost" is the order of the day.
I really liked this essay. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Time to reread A Farewell to Arms, and read the book u mentioned about W Wilson
Jessica, another great essay! You’re knocking out hits like the Beatles in the 1960s. This was a great big mood shifter for me. Thank you.
I'm glad it helped!
You're not wrong, Jessica.
Thanks Jessica, when life just is a relentless circus of insanity, letting go can be the remedy ✅
The war in Iran was started by an idiot no country in the world should follow.
This is so good and can be applied to so many contexts. I needed this today--thank you for writing it.
Savvy..
You mentioned Octavia Butler some days back. Those currents you channel here flow-organic while they accelerate toward that whitewater canyon.
I thought this was going to be another repetitive bit of nonsense from Pop-psychology circles.
Instead,
Several very profound conclusions were drawn from all of it.
Yes,
I am NO LESS PATRIOTIC, etc.
I volunteered to serve as a Flight Surgeon in 1979.
Endured the disdain of my fellow young doctors.
I'd do it all over again.
I was not successful in stemming the tide of my own profession in protecting our patients' ability to be seen by us when they were ill. The insurance companies pic.edk us off one by one, each succumbing to their promise of "one more dollar" for a little bit of corporate control of health care. We refused to organize.
None of us were ever going to starve.
I expatriated tonav3rd world country where it was possible to provide care for NO MONEY at all. (Imsaid i had ENOUGH, something few Americans ever experience.)
Had I not said my times in mynStatesude pactice, "id ratherbdomthisvfor nothing than to go through this!"
I ALSO "HAD to Let Go."
Wow Jessica...just...wow.
You've written an essay that pinpoints my feelings of where I am, and I suspect a WHOLE lot of us are right now. The strange part is that, with all the crap in the world, I've felt strangely peaceful these last couple of weeks. You're pointing out something I've been sensing but couldn't put into words.
I've tried all my life to make a difference in my community/world and it seems to have all been, as they say, "shot to shit". Most of us still want to try, but some of us don't have many years left, so now it's...all about ourselves and the ones we love/care about. Focus on helping ourselves (and NOT hurting others) and avoiding dealing with a world where "the devil take the hindmost" is the order of the day.