communication.

we learnt all about ideas, concerns and expectations of patients in family medicine. that patients see things very differently from doctors and therefore expect something else. how true it is in our personal lives too. we involve our prejudices, desires and beliefs into our dealings with people and often get ourselves entangled in a sticky web of emotions. trying to extricate oneself from that mess is like trying to get out of a peat bog because it's got so much to do with your heart and not your mind.

[cryptic] i need to learn how to let go, and not to hold on to things that i've got no control over. don't think i can keep this up forever. [/cryptic]