Good Morning,
During my recovery, I am able to spend some time pondering on how I got to where I am and more importantly what I have learned through this situation and life in general. Yesterday, I made a realization which would have completely altered the course of life had I followed my current wisdom of that of sixteen years ago.
The wisdom is that experts know better than me in their fields of expertise. This sounds pretty straight-forward and not worthy of mention, but there is more to it.
Sixteen years ago sitting in the hospital, the Dr. gave me a rundown of the options of treatments which I could have to correct my shattered leg. The graphic detail which these descriptions were given pushed me to take what seemed to be the least disgusting option.
The expert gave the list in order of their preference of what was best, and I made the decision on what I felt was the best, even though I did not have the best understanding of what my decision would mean to me in the long haul. The Dr. lamented that I should have chosen a different option. And as it turned out, I should have, but I was not wise enough back then.
Flash forward to several months ago when I visited two Orthopedic Surgeons to review the issue. They gave me the same list of options, the same graphic procedures.
My learned wisdom, now applied, I asked the Dr.’s what they recommended. Both Doctors said the same thing. I needed the surgery to correct my leg, or else I would eventually lose the ability to walk.
No matter how I felt about the options before, I deferred to the wisdom of the experts. I did not make my choice based on my knowledge, but theirs, the experts.
In life we are faced with many challenges and questions. Many of these are the same issues which come to face us daily, weekly or rear their heads periodically through our lives.
It makes sense to apply our learned wisdom and make the best choice in going forward, even if, in the past, we did something different.
We Learn and Grow Daily! when we apply our hard-learned wisdom to these life situations.
Enjoy!
Sanford Berenberg
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