Category Archives: musings

Whenever swayed by emotion myself I find Let common sense and logic rescue my mind.. * It is hard to separate truth from lies Parse reality from accounts fictionalized Not give in to rhetoric that is crafted carefully To stoke your feelings of insecurity It is easy to believe what fits well Into your ownContinue reading “Sensible, not emotional thinking”

What would happen if I were to say I could not do this anymore, and walk away From the career I had spent so long to build Deviate from the values that had in me been drilled That told me to never give up in the face of adversity To fight with conviction until thereContinue reading “If I Walked Away..”

(relating to or denoting any disease or condition which arises spontaneously or for which the cause is unknown- from Oxford Dictionary) The term that as a physician most disconcerting I find Is “idiopathic”- to confess that something is unexplained, in my mind Seems like a poor excuse, science has advanced a lot In understanding mechanismsContinue reading “Idiopathic?”

(Hurricane Helene decimated the mountain region of Western North Carolina, an area of unparalleled natural beauty and generally considered a safe haven in the face of climate change.. Over the last several years, I have had the privilege of traveling to this region multiple times including as recently as July 2024, and I mourn theirContinue reading “The Hurricane that Altered the Mountains…”

Wear a sensor, monitor your activity Your heart rate you can continuously see Your heart rhythm it can record if you feel Your heart is fluttering, your activity level it can reveal Whether your sleep is restorative or not it can tell you Armed with this avalanche of information all you have to do IsContinue reading “On wearable devices..”

If climate change was a theoretical concept for me until now It is no longer so, a devastating hurricane has demonstrated how Absolutely no one is safe from the fury unleashed By our warming planet, all its grievances released In a mighty display of strength to bend us in humility We must bow down beforeContinue reading “When climate change is in your backyard..”

Rumors have always been similar to wildfires in their speed of spread But in this day and age any misinformation can be fed At lightning speed using social media, go viral at once Before most people can fully process the information, the damage is done Misinformation tends to expand as it is disseminated More peopleContinue reading “Rumors”

At this point, I think I have completely unraveled In the past few weeks, my mind has traveled Into places that are abysmally dark I keep hoping against hope for a spark To bring back a semblance of normalcy But the normal state of things keeps eluding me.. * I’m growing increasingly frustrated, I fearContinue reading “Pour my woes on paper”

I think I used to look over my shoulder more than needed All the advice I was given about being cautious I’d heeded I’d been slow to trust people, afraid of being cheated But the resounding message I’ve seen repeated Is that most people are inherently nice and do not Have any ulterior motive, contraryContinue reading “Cynical no more”

( yesterday was mental health day, therefore this poem) Take care of your mental health, everyone tells you No one else can do it, you know that’s true Preserve your stamina, your sanity, sleep well at night Be grateful for everything in life that is right You have so many blessings in life, all youContinue reading “Take care of your mental health”

I had always thought that it was important to identify A problem as soon as it presented itself and then try To find a workable solution so that I could move past the issue I thought that was the most efficient thing to do I did not always find solutions, and sometimes spent Valuable timeContinue reading “Not solving a problem”

I feel unmoored and discombobulated An unexpected disaster has indeed created A state of fearfulness, restlessness and uncertainty From which I cannot simply break free Where can I go, when those around me Are suffering too, perhaps more than I can see * A semblance of normalcy seems to have been found Yet I feelContinue reading “Current state of mind”