Grateful for Doctors, Like My Dad

Here’s Dad, getting his Masters of Public Health at UCLA after decades of private practice as a Medical Doctor. He gave me this photo, and on the back, he wrote, “Nov. ’87. To my darling first-born. I love you, Dood” (my pet name for him.)

It was the late ‘80s, so he worked on the AIDS Project as part of his Degree. Arriving home from a National Conference on AIDS in San Francisco, he repeated one name with a little grin, and the highest admiration. He said, “Fauci.” He was so impressed with the work Dr. Fauci was doing on treating the AIDS epidemic. If he were here, he’d be saying the same name, with the same admiration.

So I’m now vaxxed, boostered and ready to celebrate with the family—NOT on zoom, but in person.

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” A quote by Anonymous.

I’m lucky enough to be raised in a family who believed it. My dad carried in his wallet, all his life, a quote that he laminated. It said, “Happiness isn’t having what you want. It’s wanting what you have.”

So it’s time to say thank you for what I have.

Thank you to my family and friends. You are truly the wind beneath my wings.

Voltaire said, “Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.” That’s how I feel and why I coach people now. I’m filled with gratitude and appreciation for my clients.

Thank you to my clients, those who crafted a presentation to market your business, or your legacy speech for your TEDx Talk.

Thanks for working through the steps of your presentation, and being open to suggestions.

Thank you for trusting me with your most tender background stories, so we can amplify your voice and your message. Thank you for allowing me to talk straight with you and be your audience.

Thank you for allowing me to say “no” to some of your complex stories, and suggest them for “your book” as yet unwritten. And thanks for letting me push you to write that book!

Happiest and healthiest Thanksgiving to you all. And you know I am here for you.

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