Give, give, give ... More, more, more... Give More !?!
For 19 years I gave all of me to every patient (2 legged or 4 legged). No matter what their dis-ease, I felt responsible to fix them physically and emotionally. To open their minds to new ways of thinking and living. I expected myself to be able to know what was wrong even without the luxury of all the fancy medical testing. I never thought I had done enough. Thus, continuing to give until I was empty. Boy, what lucky patients. At the end of a visit I hoped they were leaving the office healed, guided, educated, and supported to be able to travel on a road to better health. What a lesson. Now I grapple with how to use my gifts and talents to help others without causing harm to myself in the process.
