Friday, October 11, 2013

A Human Being

We want common courtesy.  We want to be respected.  We want to be acknowledged as a worthwhile human being. 

Everyone wants that. 

I love this observation by Dr. Bernie Siegel.

While talking with two patients who were terminally ill, he asked what they most wanted from their medical professionals.

Their responses:

~“Let me talk first.”
~“Knock on my door.”
~“Say ’Hello’.”
~“Say ‘Goodbye’.”
“And look me in the eye when you talk to me.”

Nobody said “Cure me.  Get me a transplant.”
They said “Treat me like a human being.”
~Dr. Bernie Siegel

That is enough. 

It’s called “Respect”.

For more on this topic, please follow the link below.



P Michael Biggs
Offering Up-Moments
One Moment at a Time