"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall." — F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Do not overlook the little things, for the day you cease to attend to them is the day they start to grow and compound." – John C. Maxwell

“We need to be better at helping each other.”  Physician colleague who came within minutes of committing suicide

“ … all kindness begins with the sown seed.”  Mary Oliver from her poem, “What I Have Learned So Far.”

"Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom." — Theodore Isaac Rubin, MD, psychiatrist and author

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible".  The Dalai Lama

“Medical culture is steeped in a tradition of stoicism, where showing vulnerability is often misconstrued as weakness."  Danielle Ofri, MD

“If we have pen in hand and follow the thread with a playful spirit, new and healing discoveries can emerge as if they were trapped there among the words all along, just waiting for a childlike playfulness to set them free.”   Kevin Anderson, PhD, Psychotherapist and Author

"Intimacy is the willingness to be vulnerable." – Brené Brown

"I contain multitudes." - Walt Whitman, from the poem “Song of Myself, 51”

"The reasonable man [sic] adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." — George Bernard Shaw

“Each of us wants to know that what we do matters …. and that we matter.”  Gary Chapman, PhD and Paul White, PhD, co-authors of the book The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace

“It’s halftime for 2024!” … said July 1st

“You know what everybody needs?… Everybody needs to be understood.”   Sherwin Nuland, MD, surgeon, author, bioethicist

“You just call on me …. when you need a hand.  We all need somebody to lean on.”  Bill Withers, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, from the song “Lean on Me”

“The ultimate touchstone of friendship … is witness.” David Whyte; poet, author, philosopher

"Belonging is being accepted for you. Fitting in is being accepted for being like everyone else." – Anonymous

“Intentional living is the art of making our own choices before others’ choices make us.”   Richie Norton, author and podcaster

“Don’t worry! I got your back.” — Anchoring phrase at the 2024 AAFP Physician Well-being Conference

“Saying someone shouldn’t feel sad because someone else may have it worse is like saying someone can't be happy because someone else may have it better.”  Unknown