Philosophy and ethics

First they ignore you.

Then they laugh at you.

Then they fight you.

Then you win.

(Gandhi)

Good questions can give good answers.

It could have been a big deal, but it wasn’t. Our appointment to discuss our options for diagnosing and treating a potential malignancy had been scheduled with the wrong interventional radiologist.

f you are silent in the face of evil, or acquiesce to what you know is wrong…

…you have sided with evil and are collaborating with the devil.

Those who say it cannot be done…

Even knowing I would end up running late, I always looked forward to my biweekly visits with Charles in Hospice.

I think it was during 6th grade that I found the envelope of money on my way home from school and realized immediately that it was enough to purchase the PeeWee Reese shortstop glove I so dearly wanted from Tim and Tom's Sport Store on Central Avenue. 

I have been blogging at PeterEliasMD.com for almost 6 months and have learned a great deal.

Beginning at least as early as the pre-Socratic era around 6 centuries BCE, it was assumed that the earth (and therefore humanity) stood at the center of the universe. It was all about us - and only about us. 

My Dad was not a gardener, and yard and garden chores were never a major interest for him. Lilacs, however, were special. He would always stop to comment on the scent and beauty of blooming lilacs. Here, in his own words, is the explanation.