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“Ask most surgeons why they became surgeons and they usually tell you the same thing. It was for the high, the rush, the thrill that comes from cutting someone open and saving their life. For me it was different, maybe it was because I grew up in a house with four sisters. No, definitely because I grew up in a house with four sisters because it was the quiet that drew me to surgery. The operating room is a quiet place. Peaceful. It has to be in order for us to stay alert, anticipate complications. When you stand in the OR, your patient open on the table, all the worlds noise, all the worry that it brings disappears. A calm settles over you, time passing without thought. For that moment, you feel completely at peace.”
“Ask most surgeons why they became surgeons and they usually tell you the same thing. The high, the rush, the thrill of the cut. For me it was the quiet. Peace isn’t a permanent state. It exists in moments. Fleeting. Gone before we knew it was there. We can experience it at any time, in a stranger’s act of kindness, a task that requires complete focus or simply the comfort of an old routine. Everyday we all experience these moments of peace. The trick is to know when they’re happening so that we can embrace them, live in them. And finally let them go.”
Filed under: life lessons | Tags: fantasy, fantasy vs reality, life lessons, reality, reality vs fantasy, truth
When you’re in love sometimes you’re just so focused on the fantasy of you and your prince charming riding away into the sunset on the chariot that you forget to look at the truth. In fact all he actually wants is to get into your pants.
When you realise that it was all a fantasy the truth hits you hard. Really hard. And when that happens to you, you go into grief. The denial, denying that he just wanted to have sex with you. And lying to yourself and telling yourself that he was the perfect guy, the guy of your dreams and that he really loved you. Then there’s the anger. Being angry at yourself for falling in love with the jerk and then there’s being angry at him for leading you on and making you fall in love with him. Then there’s the bargaining. Pondering over and over again what the hell you did that made him not like you. Or what is wrong with you and why does he not like you. Hoping and wishing that he will one day miraculously turn around, say he’s sorry and make amends with you to give him another chance and to start over. Then you go into depression. Grabbing all the chocolate around you or alternatively not having the urge to eat at all. Believing that he was the only one and that you’ll never get over him. Depression is the hardest stage of grief to get over because finally there’s acceptance. Accepting that it was all just a fantasy.
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They say that ‘patience is a virtue’ but how can you be patient when the one thing that as humans we don’t have enough of is time. We don’t know when we’re going to die, it could be right here right now and I’m not quite sure if I want to die not having done all the things that I have wanted to do in my life. So live as if there’s no tomorrow and most importantly, don’t wait for things to happen.
“That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping. And that even the biggest failure, even the worst most intractable mistake beats the hell out of never trying. “
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Bought from signorelli’s in balwyn north. Check out the nearest place that stocks b&j’s here.
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Filed under: kristin chenoweth, lyrics, pushing daisies, television | Tags: kristin chenoweth, lyrics, music, pushing daisies, youtube
Hopelessly Devoted to You – Kristin Cheoweth
Guess mine is not the first heart broken
My eyes are not the first to cry
I’m not the first to know
There’s just no getting over you
You know I’m just a fool who’s willing
To sit around and wait for you
But, baby, can’t you see
There’s nothing else for me to do?
I’m hopelessly devoted to you
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Filed under: grey's anatomy, television, voiceovers | Tags: 5 stages of grief, grey's anatomy, grey's anatomy season 6, voiceover
from Grey’s Anatomy – Good Mourning
“We become angry with everyone, angry with survivors, angry with ourselves. Then we bargain. We beg. We plead. We offer everything we have, we offer our souls in exchange for just one more day. When the bargaining has failed and the anger is too hard to maintain, we fall into depression, despair, until finally we have to accept that we’ve done everything we can. We let go. We let go and move into acceptance.”
- Denial
Denial is usually only a temporary defense for the individual. This feeling is generally replaced with heightened awareness of situations and individuals that will be left behind after death. - Anger
Once in the second stage, the individual recognizes that denial cannot continue. Because of anger, the person is very difficult to care for due to misplaced feelings of rage and envy. Any individual that symbolizes life or energy is subject to projected resentment and jealousy. - Bargaining
The third stage involves the hope that the individual can somehow postpone or delay death. Usually, the negotiation for an extended life is made with a higher power in exchange for a reformed lifestyle. - Depression
During the fourth stage, the dying person begins to understand the certainty of death. Because of this, the individual may become silent, refuse visitors and spend much of the time crying and grieving. This process allows the dying person to disconnect oneself from things of love and affection. It is not recommended to attempt to cheer up an individual who is in this stage. It is an important time for grieving that must be processed. - Acceptance
This final stage comes with peace and understanding of the death that is approaching. Generally, the person in the fifth stage will want to be left alone. Additionally, feelings and physical pain may be non-existent. This stage has also been described as the end of the dying struggle.
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Songs from Different Times – Jack Savoretti
Has it always been hard for you
Are you scared of the truth
Is the wrong way just bright for you
‘Cause I’m losing my mind sitting here watching you cry
Don’t let the music die
We’re playing songs from different times
I’ll let you say goodbye on another day but not today
On another day but not today
I am always the one to give and you call me a thief
Say I’m stealing your time away
I’m just waiting to see if you’ll wait for me
Don’t let the music die
We’re playing songs from different times
I’ll let you say goodbye on another day but not today
On another day but not today
Don’t let the music die
We’re playing songs from different times
I’ll let you say goodbye on another day but not today
On another day but not today
Filed under: grey's anatomy, television, voiceovers | Tags: grey's anatomy, grey's anatomy season 6, voice over
“In order to get a good diagnosis, doctors have to constantly change their perspective. We start by getting the patient’s point of view, though they often don’t have a clue what’s going on. So we look at the patient from every possible angle. We rule things out. We uncover new information, trying to get to what’s actually wrong. We’re asked for second opinions, hoping we’ll see something others might have missed. For the patient, a fresh perspective can mean the difference between living and dying. For the doctor, it can mean picking that you’re picking a fight with everyone who got there before you. “
“When we’re headed toward an outcome that too horrible to face, that’s when we go looking for a second opinion. And sometimes, the answer we get just confirms our worst fears. But sometimes, it can shed new light on the problem, make you see it in a whole new way. After all the opinions have been heard and every point of view has been considered, you finally find what you’re after – the truth. But the truth isn’t where it ends, that’s just where you begin again with a whole new set of questions. “
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Turn to Stone – Ingrid Michaelson
Let’s take a better look
Beyond a story book
And learn our souls are all we own
Before we turn to stone
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