Silent Retreat-ing

Silent Retreat-ing

I’ve just come out of a weekend-long silent meditation retreat, and I yearn now for more silence. There is something about silence that is relieving. You don’t have to worry if you are likeable, or if what you said to the person next to you was the right/wrong thing....
Humanity in your heart

Humanity in your heart

  The year started on hospital wards for me. On January 1st, 2019 at 6am, I arrived to work on that dark, winter morning and sat down in excited anticipation of 5 months remaining in my formal medical training. I logged into the EMR with quiet reverence that I...
The Waiting Game

The Waiting Game

Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time waiting. Waiting for business emails, waiting for responses on job opportunities (I graduate in 6 months from residency! yikes!), waiting for patients to make time-sensitive decisions, waiting for vacation to arrive… it has...