Anthropocene
Arrived at work as planned one hour earlier, paperwork, clinic, post-clinic case discussion, quick break, meeting until 6pm.
Fast forwarding my day with brief notes:
Clinic: joined by an enthusiastic junior doctor. It is a perfect combination to take care of someone while teaching another. We had a variety of case presentations of adrenal disease, thyroid disease, hypogonadism, and disorders of calcium. Every person of them had their unique situation that made the approach to the same disease different. Everyone has a story that if I write them all I could end with a most valuable encyclopaedia of human lives but bound by confidentiality, the stories will never cross beyond the wall of my clinic room.
Post-clinic: It is very awe-inspiring to see a junior colleague performs very well and takes very well of your patients and it is very rewarding to let them know how good they are!
Always the rule for me at work, home or the street: If I see something good, I could not but point it to the person. That is how I hope to always be!
Paperwork: I always need music to make it fun!
After the meeting, I refreshed my being and headed to West court in Jesus college where the intellectual forum was hosting an evening with the poet “Sundeep Sen”. I cannot recall the last time I have been to an event that had nothing to do with getting better in life or at work and everything to do with exploring what is else in the world. I had no expectations but found it amusing that I will go to listen to a poet reading his poems from his book. It was good that I have honoured the registration because the event has brought ideas to my mind. It was creative to express the concerns about climate change poetically and to be able just to be! That is what I felt about the poet. Minute things matter to him. He captures them with words and in pictures, experiencing the world as a joyful child or a wise monk and sharing his view of the world with others.
A few of the poet’s words stopped me and I choose to share two phrases with you:
Climate refugee! Let this sink. I do not need to say more!
Silence is white! I wondered that I would see it as black as silence is nothingness. I wanted to ask him why he made that choice but I hesitated given that I am black and I expected the question being misunderstood as about race not art. But a man from the audience has asked my question. “White has all the colours in it!” A simple answer from Sundeep and to the point.
I walked to the bus stop and my mother called me as I stood waiting for the bus. She updated me about her day and then we started talking about a programme we have watched. Earlier in the very first hours of the morning (or say after midnight) I watched a video sent by my brother about people who had near death experiences (those who returned). They seem to all agree about the beauty of the other side, the absence of division between people and how trivial are the materials of our current world if not used to make a difference to humanity!
I need to sleep! Good night!
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