Can you guarantee?

Its been quite a while since I last typed on this laptop, your daily schedule when it becomes a routine transforms itself into a plateau.
When you rush into things, you stop enjoying them and it comes to the time where you count down the hours for that day. We have read books, seen plays, series and films where emotions are expressed but not quite, the perfect emotions are not practiced, the perfect expression is something raw, something which is devoid of any hindrance which would alter the final look.
When observing you have to start at the basics, the basics are the essential bits to anything. Part of the reason medicine keeps me interested is the ability and the authority to observe, being a doctor you need to be able to observe, your observations can make a key difference, and you being given the role of a healthcare provider are blessed with the authority to observe; not everyone can observe and similarly not everyone can be given the authority to observe other human beings. There are so many flaws in the system, but of the reasons we can blame on others, a key contributing factor to the current situation of this system is the failure of the people who form the integral part.  Being doctors, most of us fail to observe the importance of simple words, of the impact they can have, they will have and the impact they had. Counsel the family members whenever you can, keep them up to speed on what is the management plan, you can never guarantee anything, nothing is for sure and nothing can be under your total control cause there is always something you just cannot control. When someone is suffering from a terminal illness the least you can do is be honest with their family members, before you go about to taint everyone else in this profession just because you lack of compassion, of honesty and of ethics, go and think that you might be at the receiving end someday.
Always know your limits and the limits of those who you are dealing with, dealing with human lives is a delicate matter and one for which you need to crystal clear, next time you think you can control something, just for a moment can you be sure that you'll be here tomorrow?

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