The Humble Doctor

My husband drives a 1988 truck or rides a bike, his last vacation was 4 days in Kansas and Nebraska and he has only owned 2 cell phones in the last 6 years (and only took the 2nd one because he had a free upgrade)... He may be a doctor, but he is humble.

We helped a friend out today, and gave their family free flu shots in our clinic. They are a great family, both work so hard, sacrifice, and most importantly always put family first. When I grow up, I want to be just like them. They are good friends. They never ask for anything, but we saw a way to help them today, so we did. That's what friends do. Friends help each other in anyway we can. It was easy for us to do it, and they appreciated it. Sigh. Life is good. It feels good to help good people.

I believe in Karma. I believe in paying it forward. I believe that you get right back out of this life what you put into it.

Every single day we have a choice. We can choose to take an exotic vacation or pay our daughter's tuition. We can choose to spend $300 to fix the brakes in our car, or $30,000 to just buy a new one. We can choose to eat out at PF Chang's or stay home and cook. Life is about choices. We can choose to do what is easy, or what is right. And what is right is sometimes really really hard.

I know a few people who, perhaps, need to take a life lesson from the good and humble doctor. Perhaps being humble and grateful and being a true friend, that is much more important that the phone you have or the car you drive. Perhaps rather than feeling entitled to something better or feel sorry for yourself because you don't have something, you should try his approach. Be grateful for things like family, home and time. For the most important things in life aren't things.