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Burn-out vs. Joy and Calm

August 22, 2009 3 comments

I went by Starbucks today to buy the New York Times, not the coffee, which is too bitter for my taste. I was greeted my friend Kalidas, who introduced me to his friend – the minister of the local Methodist church. Of course Kalidas and I talked about the book and the minister shared that he wrote his Ph.D thesis on stress in theology graduate school. The common ground of understanding, after a 10 minute conversation was this:

After a long hard day of doing something you really enjoy you get home very tired but not frustrated, afraid or in pain. You rest and wake up eager for another long hard day.

Q&A: Are Human Beings just sophisticated mammals?

August 7, 2009 No comments yet

By John Horton, M.D.

When I was a pre-med at Colombia University, the professor of zoology there was very interested in evolution. He made a strong argument that birds can be considered more evolved than humans – because of their social structure, tremendous diversity and ability to adapt to all sorts of geographies. He contrasted that with the chaos and seemingly un-ending conflicts among human beings.



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