Note to self: Fight Negligence
Do you know what's worse than doing something wrong?
Failing to do something right. Or more appropriately,
NEGLIGENGE
It's downright more insidious.
I mean, you won't really feel that guilty NOT exercising, NOT taking care of yourself, NOT giving a damn about the needs of others.
Inaction can be more damaging than how we perceive it to be.
Take for instance, a relationship. A passive-aggressive person abuses their spouse psychologically by withholding love. And the damage is unseen, a mere specter in the eye of the public as compared to the physical scars and contusions of domestic abuse.
In medicine, there is a term called Medical Negligence, where medical practitioners do a half-arsed job or fail to observe precautions....and often get into trouble... all because they can't wait to finish the bloody long shift. Pardon me, I was just channelling some imaginary hapless interns. And it's all hidden to the unassuming public eye, the only traces of incompetence scribbled illegibly in the cryptic medical records.
If you ask me, I'd rather not have all these "learning experiences", if its gonna cost a life or two. A wise man learns from his mistakes, but a truly wise man can learn something from others' ****ups.
Since I might be heading that direction, bah...gotta buck up and quit being apathetic.
And that doesn't just apply to the field of medicine. Not good to medicalise everything. It applies to
my friends, whom I fail to appreciate to the fullest.
my blog, which I left for dead.
my health, which I may be ironically neglecting. Quack doctors make the worst patients.
my numerous intimate relationships with Venezuelan and Brazilian supermodels, which remain unconsummated.