Even these trivial, sometimes remedial actions mean something important in your health and in your relationships. We are so used to making big decisions, taking on big risks, big responsibilities, and big challenges that we trivialize and minimize the ultra small stuff (which may add up to big things). Whether it’s in financial investments, self-knowledge,Continue reading “My texting to a patient under my care. He has prolonged, severe anxiety, panic, and depression…”
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WHAT DO WE REALLY MEAN WHEN WE SAY THAT, “I WILL TRY ANYTHING ONCE.”? WHAT DO WE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE ARE TOLD TO, “TAKE A CHANCE.”?
What I suspect that we and others mean is for us to take a chance as long the action has no long-term or permanent health, financial, relationship or social adverse consequences. A less eloquent, but more accurate statement might be, “TAKE A CALCUALED RISK. IF IT WORKS OUT, THEN, GREAT! OH, BY THE WAY, IFContinue reading “WHAT DO WE REALLY MEAN WHEN WE SAY THAT, “I WILL TRY ANYTHING ONCE.”? WHAT DO WE UNDERSTAND WHEN WE ARE TOLD TO, “TAKE A CHANCE.”?”