Most fictional literature is to some extent based upon real-life events and nonfictional works often originate from fictional assumptions. Even mythology has a factual basis while great works of science were later on proven fictional! Margaret Mitchell once admitted that her character Rhett Butler (from Gone with the Wind) was based on a person she had seen in her life. The villains in Shakespearian plays were usually “lean, mean and thin”! Shakespeare must have seen quite a few “Cassiuses” in…..
Never did I imagine that choosing pediatrics as my career would impact me so much spiritually. When I graduated from medical school, making money to pay off loans was not on the mind of most medical graduates. I had excellent grades and a strong resume to allow me a choice of any specialty, but I inclined towards pediatrics because when I peeked into myself, I found a thinker than a doer. This ruled out all surgical fields. Of the medical…..