"I believe that women have the fate of the Earth in the palm of their hands." - Helen Caldicott

[greyl]

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I believe in the goodness in every person's soul even though it's sometimes hard to see. I treat a lot of patients where either their children are dying or they are dying. Even though sometimes it's heavily obscured, in extremes this goodness will emerge.

I don't believe in a god. I have helped many people to die and believe that it's ashes to ashes and dust to dust.

I believe that heaven and hell are present every day.

I believe that life is an absolute gift to be treasured accordingly. We are very privileged to even have been conceived.

I believe that we are here to serve. We are not here to make ourselves happy, to be self-indulgent or to be hedonistic. The happiest state that I achieve is when I work in my clinic helping my children with cystic fibrosis to face death and help to treat them and look after their siblings. I'm utterly exhausted at the end of the day, but deeply, deeply fulfilled.
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the rest...

[Kiouni]

1. I have never read anything

by her and now I have added some of her books to my "to do" list. Thanks

[greyl]

2. Welcome. :)

She's a rare voice, worth reading.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

3. Radix malorum est cupiditas.

It's not money that's the root of all evil, it's the /love/ of money. There's nothing morally superior about barter.

[greyl]

4. It's not about right or wrong, it's about what works. nt

[SemperEadem]

5. she was talking directly about what she believes

what you thinkabout what she believes is immaterial.