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There is a feeling you get...

There is a feeling you get when you're a second year medicine resident in the ICU at night, I remmeber it well. It comes when you are In charge of peoples lives... When you can sense that something terribly bad is going on in a patient's body and though it elludes detection, you can tell that they are headed towards death that very night... and the patient might not even be aware of it... This feeling comes on you after you realize YOU are the only chance that person has... To NOT die. But you know you can't stop it from happening. That's the feeling I have right now. It haunts me. David

Maui and mystery. Building trust is painful.

Maui was amazing. AMAZING. The first full day there was the best day of my life for the past year or so. Bliss... pure bliss. Beauty, perfect weather, and my sweet lovely wife with a giant smile on her face! I loved every minute. If you remember, God... in a mysterious and catastrophic way had shaken loose the terrible pain and nausea that my wife had been suffering just 2-3 weeks prior to the trip. Before her hospitalization, I was really worried that we would have to cancel the trip because she felt so bad every day. But things turned around in miraculous fashion. Half way through our trip in Maui things started slowly giving way... some nausea here and there, pain for a few hours at a time. It put temporary dampers on things, but it would get turned around and we'd end up getting to go have fun again. The last full night there, however, Van was awakened from sleep with terrible abdominal pain. Pain medicine got it under control and she finally got back to sleep. The next da

Think About It... All Roads Do NOT Lead to Heaven.

Two common statement I hear are, "I think all roads lead to heaven" and "there is no one TRUE religion." I understand why people say this. Nobody wants to think about other people going to hell. Especially people who, from the surface, appear to be "trying" to do the right thing.  Nobody wants to think of THEMSELVES as going to hell either! Other's may also say this because they do not want to submit to the teachings of any one religion.  The post-modern mindset is that each one of us can be our own god deciding what is wrong and right for the individual.  While those short little statements seems to bring people a little comfort and peace, I don't think they realize all of the ramifications those statements have. What do I mean? Well, when you make one of those statements you are actually making a large series of statements that your original statement is supported upon. So, if you are one who likes to say, "all roads lead to heaven" let