I have been thinking of what to post next-thinking to pull for my dissertation, which, I will do, but…I have been feeling even more introspective for many reasons and not finding content worthy of writing this week. I have been doing a lot of reading lately (as usual really) and this morning, I just read something that really struck me and finally I have something to say. It was a saying from an inspirational person on line that said, “when you think about your dream job, would you do it even if you didn’t get paid for it?” Interesting! This brings me to the a conversation I had a couple of weeks ago with someone who was asking me about my daily activities and as I described my work and personal life to her, she gathered that I spend more hours working in free service to others than the paid hours in my office. I laughed when she said that because, I realized it sounded odd and non-sensical. But, to me, the countless hours of support I give to others without a break for almost two decades is something I feel in my soul I am compelled to do-to reach out as a human being to other human beings, rahter than being just another practitioner or doctor that works strictly through office hours. It is something I NEED to do rather than something I feel obligated to do. In my ultimate reality, I would have a non-profit organization that would be available to give free support to everyone in need because that is where my heart is-this is my way of giving that part of myself to others in the way that I can, since I do have to earn a living. So, I give above and beyond in all ways that I can. Is this a “dream job”? MAny people would say not. But, it is something that keeps my dreams positive at night when I sleep-feeling like a did a bunch of things that day that mattered, because I touched a lot of lives in some way that helped ease their suffering that day and I did it without expecting something in return. My reason for posting this is a combination of being prompted by the inspirational post I read this morning and what the person I was discussing all of this with a couple weeks ago said to me-“it would be good for others to understand better how you function in your practice to really understand what you do”. So-here it is. I am certain many of you have things in your life that you do that you also do just becuase it fullfills your heart and soul-and you just need to do it. I think what this post I read this morning said is so very true and is a good thing for each of us to pause and think about for a while.

Dr.M