Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Many times we complain that some people are just plain rude, knocking into others and not apologizing or raising their voices in a crowded bus, contributing to the noise pollution without any consideration to the people around them. We are quick to judge others but often we fail to see that we too make such mistakes from time to time.
I am now reading this book, Second opinion by Dr Richard Horton and in his preface he relates an incident during his days as a houseman. His main responsibilities then were taking histories from new patients and one day he met a man in his sixties. He went through a brief and ruotine lecture about the dos and dont's of the ward, the man looked at him vaguely,even after he pushed the consent form in front of the man. He then raised his voice a little and asked the man again to sign the form. the man mumbled something back to to him but he couldn't understand the man and he started to get irritated. Then the man wrote down,"I am deaf".
I am sure many of us would have reacted the same way the doctor did, after all, we just want to do our job. But being healthy and perfect that we are, we all tend to lack that basic consideration and sensitivity to those who are not as fortunate. Perhaps the next time we meet someone who has trouble understanding us and the world that is moving all too fast, maybe we should take time and lend them a helping hand. It will do wonders to both you and the other person!
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