The first surgeon I ever worked for looked at me and shook his head one day. “You’re too nice,” he said. “Nice people get sick. You can’t be that nice and stay healthy.” I half-smiled and thought to myself, “Yeah, okay, that’s your opinion.” But a part of me questioned if there was truth in […]
My first job as a PA was in surgery, and I loved the precision and meticulous detail that came with it. The scars, though, were always there — and the less you could see them, the more the work was esteemed.
Isn’t that how we feel about life sometimes? If I could just make everything go smoothly, and nobody saw my scars, I would finally find peace. Yet it’s precisely our scars that tell the best stories — and provide the ultimate healing.
You were not created to live exhausted, disconnected, or stuck in survival mode.
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