End of April

Not that anything significant happened. It just seem right to just end the month with a post.....

Last week, I met an outstanding medical personnel, a physiotherapist. A strong listener, she was highly perceptive and very importantly, not stereotyped in approach. She was very well read and skilled in her expertise, and I must say, I benefited a great deal from her, not merely in terms of diagnosis, and remedy; as i observed her, i also saw what it makes to be good in one's profession. She restored a little of my much disappointment in medical personnel of the west. Even then, she acknowledged that for my case, tcm provided the better route to recovery. And so it is.

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some of the random things on my mind came from random communications....

i was asked what was the difference between thinking and reflecting. didnt really want to answer the question, because to me, the 'asker' was doing neither. worrying is not thinking or reflecting. Reflecting is a process of thought, of what had been, or that which one has read/heard/seen, and the after thought. Thinking, itself....thats a deep question....

with another communication, in some exchanges over passing incidents, the friend commented that it seems showing concern and care for others is a very rare quality indeed. We conclude that this includes many who care but do not know how to show/express themselves and are passive, and those who are kind at heart but lack the ability to realise that others are in need; those who are selfish; those who are self absorbed, oblivious to others.

i also thought sometimes, it could be a case of taking things/people for granted. Sometimes, to me, it doesnt seem right that some people are so busy 'helping others' and neglecting those closest to them. And there are also those who prefer to live in their own dream world, giving their reasons (euphemism for excuses) and prefer to be oblivious....these are cases of extremities....

anyway, whatever. i remain contented.

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yes, and structure and system comes to my mind very often these days.

i maintain they are not synonomous. I maintain system is for efficiency and should be kept in the confines of production and realms that involve mechanism.

I maintain structure is a necessity to define parameters, and give a framework. But intelligence and humanity should be applied to each individual in human related fields such as education and medicine. As long as each personnel is not aware of individual differences and needs, something is critically missing......

then again, who cares what i maintain?


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swimming and cycling are supposed to be good exercises for the back. I cant do either. Hmmm.... pondering if i should pick one or the other up.... would be quite a challenge.....

but for the moment, must focus on doing what i have to do.....