I enjoy quotes. Extra
points if it’s a proverb. Or something said by Gandhi. Pretty
much anything that is so profound, that in posting it on Facebook, you’re
guaranteed at least a ‘like’ or two by those whose minds run parallel to yours.
Quotes have a way of finding you in the exact moment you need to read them. The
directions to your next move. Which is how this quote inspired me.
“The giraffe and rhino cannot reach the same leaves…”
My love, Tim is interested in geography. He has a passion for teaching people things as
well as for learning. Blood makes him queasy. Not I-need-to leave-the-room
queasy. More like,
pass-out-on-the-floor-before-the-needle-touches-my-arm. I watch medical dramas
on TV just to see the surgeries. I crave a career in healthcare as a nurse. I
watch blood draws and sutures with the same eagerness a freshman boy might have
during his first time in a co-ed locker room.
We want to make the world a better place. Together. How the hell are
we supposed to adhere towards the same cause with such dissimilar passions?
“…but together they can strip the tree.”
-African Proverb
Amazing how just a few words can change your outlook on a
situation J
Follow Rafiki, he knows the way!
ReplyDeleteThe world cannot be "saved" solely by medical care. Yes the need for medical attention and disease prevention is essential throughout both developing countries as well as our own. Nurses, doctors, paramedics and all others involved do amazing work as they directly help children and adults. However, in the regions of the world where medical attention is most desperately in need, geographers and others of the "social sciences" seek to discover the explanations and causes of this medical demand. For instance, why do dead bodies, fecal matter and toxic chemicals float down the Ganges River where people rely on that water for drinking and bathing?? Why are countries throughout Africa and South Asia have skewed demographics with an abnormal majority of children?? These and many other factors are the underlying causes of the need for medical attention. With the help of geographers and urban/regional planners, these issues can be toppled. Plans for change and organization can be implemented to prevent these health disasters and ensure a better, longer and healthy life. So a planner and a nurse, like a rhino and a giraffe, may have different specializations but when the shit hits the fan they can work together to make a bigger difference.
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