tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14468282.post1815592688556452512..comments2024-03-13T03:59:42.108-05:00Comments on Daily Blog: A Shift of FocusWendi Kitsteinerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05515018912328000746noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14468282.post-19122303529523508702021-08-31T10:08:24.052-05:002021-08-31T10:08:24.052-05:00I remember taking that picture!! A great memory. ...I remember taking that picture!! A great memory. JVWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14468282.post-58830486020852613352021-08-30T09:58:48.741-05:002021-08-30T09:58:48.741-05:00The sentiment here is so real. Compassion fatigue ...The sentiment here is so real. Compassion fatigue from doctors and all healthcare workers is real. I was recently at a low point, too, crying a lot with some bad (preventable) outcomes. Our week's sermon focused on 1 Thessalonians and being compassionate to all (regardless of their choices and how much they're harming us, emotionally and physically). 1 Thess 3: 12-13: "May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and everyone else, just as ours does for you. May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones." I have felt God's peace come over me. I am no longer taking people's hurtful words and actions so personally. I am focusing on one patient at a time, being the best doctor and Christian as I can be to that person, one by one. As I read in a great book recently (Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman): "We can't change the world, and a lot of the time we can't even change people. No more than one bit at a time. So we do what we can to help whenever we get the chance. We save those we can. We do our best. Then we try to find a way to convince ourselves that that will just have to be enough. So we can live with our failures without drowning." TAVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06191378887884875196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14468282.post-8691583803971982682021-08-30T07:37:45.993-05:002021-08-30T07:37:45.993-05:00That part of Ecclesiastes was our Sunday school le...That part of Ecclesiastes was our Sunday school lesson yesterday. I will keep praying for you all - for the feeling of His presence and peace on the hard days and rest and joy in the few days off.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13685433510585298744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14468282.post-4670519093261395402021-08-30T06:12:39.722-05:002021-08-30T06:12:39.722-05:00Love you friend.Love you friend.AWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07976537861843058177noreply@blogger.com