MY E-PRIME BREAKFAST WITH MIKE
My old friend visited this morning for some breakfast. Mike just got back from a visit to Cuba. He seemed to enjoy his visit there. He seemed refreshed when he came into my home, as if the trip rejuvinated him a bit. When I asked about the politics of Cuba he seemed more tense. He explained that in his eyes, the situation is too hard to explain from one side or the other. He reported that some people there seemed happy to him, while others seemed like they were missing out on the rest of the world. After this talk, Mike appeared less cheerful than he did when he showed up. I think the conversation got his brain going a bit too fast and suggested that we make some food. Mike thought he should make the coffee since he does not think he cooks well. I scrambled some eggs and kale, and then I put some bread in the toaster. Mike smiled while he made the coffee which made me think that he got his mind off of the conversation about Cuba. We ate our meal and shared many stories. It seemed to me that we both enjoyed our visit. I think we will see each other later in the week.
CAN I SYNTHESIZE EAST AND WEST?
YES! When I entered this field of study it was very important to me to remember that both eastern and western medicine have played and continue to play a huge role in my life. I have been turned off from doctors who claim that their way is the correct way to deal with health. Having suffered health problems through my life, I really learned that everyone's body reacts to everything differently. I never seemed to improve when I worked with a healer that was sure their method would make me better. I have always been more drawn to eastern medicine as it seems to fit more of my values of natural healing and working with the individual body, but I will never forget the fact that western medicine has saved my life two times. I hope to continue through this program with a strong respect for both medicines as I know they both have their place. I even hope to focus on a patient population that may have to rely on western medicine to live, but want to get support from an eastern side as well. I think if our field wants to become part of the western world, we have to pay our respects to western medicine. It is not bad. I feel more often, there are good and bad doctors, just like there are good and bad acupunturists. The statement that you are nothing without your health is the truest thing I have ever known. With that, what ever people need to find their health......amen.
1 comment:
I think that we have to bring the best from East and West, whether it is the medicine or other things. I don't think that there is a one shoe fits all solution to health care or ways of thinking. I believe that our job as people who can access both ways of thought is to pick the best of both worlds and synthesize them in however way we choose that makes us the happiest.
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