Posted by: littleness on: November 7, 2008
Today, a surgeon called a former patient going through chemotherapy to treat colon cancer to ask how she was doing and to tell her to “hang in there”, to be strong and to tell her that she’s doing well. She sat and cried “happy tears”, because he took the time to acknowledge her as a [...]
Posted by: littleness on: November 6, 2008
I saw a man, today, spare a woman his anger and frustration through humour. A lightly delivered joke and gentle movements shared his feelings without aggression; delivered his message with kindness.
A few minutes earlier, his beard and silent demeanour at first made me see him as unfriendly; possibly harsh.
Those few seconds gave me a glimpse [...]
