Physician Or Patient?

“How many things I do when the soul, in so much spiritual and material need, turns to me, looks at me and says to me, “You take care of it”, then closes its eyes and rests. In pain you pray for me to act, but that I act in the way you want. You do not turn to me, instead, you want me to adapt your ideas. You are not sick people who ask the doctor to cure you, but rather sick people who tell the doctor how to.” -Fr. Don Dolindo’s Surrender Novena

“We all develop characteristic patterns of acting and thinking, and such patterns exist because it serves a function. The time for change comes when we realize that the same function could be served in a better way.” –The Inner Game Of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey

“Throw out your conceited opinions, for it is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.” -Epictetus, Discourses

Do you want affirmation? Or thoughtful and critical feedback?

Do you want to stay comfortable and complacent? Or do the sometimes uncomfortable work, of getting better?

Do you want to remain fixed in your ideas and skillset? Or are you open to learn new things?

Do you want to be healed? Or tell the physician how to do their job?

The first step is being honest in what you want.

If it’s to grow and get better, then the second step is to be open, humble and surrender.

Let go.

When you do, that’s when the exciting change can happen.