The sun sets on another day
As the snow fell across the horizon it covered everything once again. There was no Sunset I could see but I knew it was up there and I enjoyed the thought of it.
There are lots of people that they have angels in their life. Who am I to disagree at all? I feel very strongly that two people shined above all others in my life today.
I had an early meeting, well an early doctor appointment, and it was snowing very heavily today. As I wandered almost an hour away I ran into a traffic jam caused by a four-wheel drive truck that thought the four-wheel drive gave them control in the snow. Oops.
As I sat stuck in the road with hundreds of other people I called the doctor’s office and of course it was ridiculously busy because of the snow. No person was available and I went in circles in the computerized system for a long time, then resigned myself to waiting for a callback.
I finally arrived I have my planned one-hour trip almost two hours later and of course had no appointment, and no one had called me back. I called again and almost immediately got a live person who began helping me. It was a necessity that I visit the doctor today for a follow up, but it rapidly became apparent that no one knew when i would be able to get an appointment. I found myself frustrated with having to drive that far anyway and took a deep breath as person one helped me find an appointment. Want to know what’s funny? They found an appointment 3 miles from my house instead of an hour away. I had never seen the doctor I was seeing so it just seemed to work out OK. I stayed on the phone while they worked it out as I drove back and finally was locked in in an appointment that would have me back right on time. That was my first good thing of the day,
For my second trick I arrived on time and actually a little early. Moments later a young assistant led me back to the room and it was not only fun it was lighthearted and quite amazing. I was not treated like a brick, which is how you are usually treated by nurses in the doctor’s office, but instead had a good time talking to this person and trying to figure out how to get accurate readings.
At this point I felt like I had a much better day than where I thought it was going. It’s always great when your day goes the right way, and you don’t have to work at feeling good about the day. It was about to get better. My doctor came in, or should I say it was my physician’s assistant, and was the first one to surprise me in a while. I spoke to them at length about the situation I was involved in and spent time talking to them about what was happening. I have to say I was surprised because they listened. Not only did they listen but as we talked, they understood and took an honest interest.
It is here that I have to say my day became amazing. Over the last six weeks I have said similar to many people. Both doctors and nurses put me in a box and discarded what I said, even with proof. Today I had someone not only listen but take the time to understand and give very good advice. This person should be teaching doctors around the world.
I noted a few days ago the movie People Will Talk. I did so partially because the focus of the movie is also on the idea of each person being a human being. The doctor in the movie felt that each person was special and important and not just another statistic and the establishment was against him for this reason. I honestly feel they should spend some time focusing on this again because it is not only important, but also imperative when we consider moving forward in this world.
Who cares, right? Well, I do. Not because of me but because everyone reading this, and the billions of others that are out there in this world, are 100% special in their own way. That’s right, you are special. You are amazing. Making you fit in a special box isn’t right and instead each day should be about helping you be you and maybe me being me. In the end every day can be fantastic, we just have to get there.
So as the sun sets on another day, how could I not have had a good day with such good people in it? How could I have not enjoyed my day even though it started as a disaster? The answer is simple, these people helped me find a better day faster even though I would accept no less. Surround yourself with amazing people like this every day, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and have a super day…