http://www.davidpdiana.com/2009/08/17/little-things-matter/ Unique Perspectives in Mental Health Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:35:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.davidpdiana.com/2009/08/17/little-things-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-323 David Diana Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:33:48 +0000 http://www.davidpdiana.com/?p=1298#comment-323 Fantastic points Katherine. I always find myself having to reassess my initial reactions to understand why I am feeling a certain way or thinking a certain way. It is amazing to me how much of an impact small things have in terms of influencing how I perceive things. Fantastic points Katherine. I always find myself having to reassess my initial reactions to understand why I am feeling a certain way or thinking a certain way. It is amazing to me how much of an impact small things have in terms of influencing how I perceive things.

]]> http://www.davidpdiana.com/2009/08/17/little-things-matter/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Katherine Gordy Levine Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:27:10 +0000 http://www.davidpdiana.com/?p=1298#comment-321 My business motto is "Make Money Doing Good." I have clearly mastered the doing good part. One problem in trying to combine the two seems to be what I call the prostitution factor. You can't pay people to care, therefore when paying someone to care it feels to some as if the caring is somehow not genuine. I think this was one reason teachers and nurses were so poorly paid for so long. At the same time we want caring and when paying for scientific knowledge--cold teacher or the yawning doctor--we get turned off. The fact is when I am in my rational rather than emotional mind, I want the doctor who knows the most about my disease whether or not s/he yawns or smiles cherrily. But when ill, we don't stay in our rational mind, but our emotional or child's mind. Just my thoughts. Thank you for sparking them. Great blog. My business motto is “Make Money Doing Good.” I have clearly mastered the doing good part. One problem in trying to combine the two seems to be what I call the prostitution factor. You can’t pay people to care, therefore when paying someone to care it feels to some as if the caring is somehow not genuine. I think this was one reason teachers and nurses were so poorly paid for so long. At the same time we want caring and when paying for scientific knowledge–cold teacher or the yawning doctor–we get turned off. The fact is when I am in my rational rather than emotional mind, I want the doctor who knows the most about my disease whether or not s/he yawns or smiles cherrily. But when ill, we don’t stay in our rational mind, but our emotional or child’s mind. Just my thoughts. Thank you for sparking them. Great blog.

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