What I want for Christmas
- A different
and better diagnosis for a dear friend whose doctor gave her a depressing
diagnosis in a manner totally unbecoming for a professional—cavalier and unfeeling.
My new year’s wish for her doctor? That he spend some time in her shoes to see
how it feels to suffer the anxiety of having to wait until the middle of January
to hear if he was mistaken or not, because he is no expert and should never
have given her any sort of diagnosis in the first place
- To find a
way to be with my family and friends in the States so that I don’t have to wait
until retirement to see them more
- Better
lives for those close to me who have problems maintaining their standards of
living, due to circumstances beyond their control
- To find a
way to do what I love so that I can quit what I no longer love. I wish that for
those I love as well
- That we find
and restore balance to our daily lives: work is work, home is home. We need
both and we need to find time for both. Work should not usurp the role of
family and friends
- That the
workplace does not continue to be the church where we worship. That we find our
way back to our real churches and turn our backs on the worship of money, greed
and competition
- That ‘God
grant me the serenity to accept what I cannot change, the courage to change
what should be changed, and wisdom to know the difference’ (Serenity Prayer)
