When did (some) doctors go from thinking of themselves as demigods to being wimps refusing to be decisive and accountable? It’s quite possible that my medical oncologist is intimidated by me. (I expressly put that in the passive form.) Maybe he’s not used to dealing with knowledgeable, independent thinkers and straightforward speakers like me as patients. Maybe I’m reading him wrong. We’re both...
For the second time in our over three decades together, my honey has set up an “altar” to solicit the help of our departed ancestors and Guanyin. This time it’s for getting help to return me to wellness. Neither of us are regular prayers; neither of us subscribe to any specific religion, and definitely not any institutionalized one. Neither of us have strong ideas about what there might be beyond...
Yesterday I had cause to remind a friend not only to look at his unpleasant situation in a negative way. It was my nudge to remind him things may not be as bad as they seemed to him. It got me thinking about how different our initial impulses can be. And how these impulses can color our thoughts and perspectives. I’ve always known, just from life experience, that some people have the tendency to...
Today, take a break from your ego and don’t take yourself too seriously. Enjoy your Spirit and laugh!Sonia Choquette
In my effort to keep my fingers on the pulse of online business, I’ve subscribed to possibly hundreds of email lists. Hourly I have emails pouring in from internet marketers, social media experts, business coaches, life coaches, specialty coaches (nonprofit, publishing, etc), authors, copywriters, news, oh, you name it, I get it. Looking at it all from my current perspective, it seems a bit crazy...
Silver linings can be odd sometimes. Today my honey and I ventured out of our home in southern Metro Manila to drive to Intramuros (meaning “inside the walls), one of the oldest areas within Manila. Our mission was to pick up our renewed residency cards at the main immigration office. We felt lucky that the excursion took less than three and a half hours, even though the round trip was under 40...
Well over a hundred family and friends from all over the globe have sent me their love, well wishes, and prayers as I shared bits of my situation on my personal FB profile over the last two days. I am beyond grateful for each and every heartfelt word of sympathy and empathy and care. As Bette Midler’s song goes, each of you are the wind beneath my wings. Yet I want to clarify my thoughts on...
“It’ll be liberating,” he said. “Ummm… what will be liberating?” I asked, stifling my urge to laugh out loud. Quite the melodramatic words, I thought. “Well, some patients find out that their worst fears were baseless, that the treatments aren’t as bad as they anticipated. And that liberates them.” I assume my medical oncologist meant liberates them from their fears. This snippet was part...