I know my family doctor. He really cares about people. He does get overwhelmed. I go out of my way to just take a minute and say hi to doctors and nurses and ask about their lives. I try to take a few seconds and get a human connection. A lot of times that changes everything.
I have noticed that when going back to the same Doctor/nurse 6 months to a year later they remember me and are very relaxed. In fact a couple of weeks ago in
September had to see the doctor I saw last year. He started off by sitting down and asking how I was doing. Then he went on to tell me a little about his family and what has been happening with them over the past year. Even i was surprised by that.
Doctors are people for sure. There are some bad apples everywhere.
My wife was a teacher. She was pretty much the token conservative. Some teachers are great. Even some of the liberal ones.
The leftist ones are a different story.
There is a system in place. The system sucks but we just need to be careful calling everyone working in the system evil. Some are doing the best they can. Some are only in it for the paycheck.
We have to be careful about calling everyone the enemy. There is a real enemy and that enemy is also the enemy of the doctors.... And the teachers.
People are people. I think it is important to try to have others see you not as a number but as a decent human being.
Of course I agree with you and it is easy to paint with a broad brush. There are definitely a handful of good doctors and a handful of good teachers and a handful of good politicians. But with politicians, for example, we have generally known that 90% of them are corrupt, lying scumbags in it for money, power, and their own ego. That’s just been the common trope for politicians for decades. It’s a very mainstream notion.
Yet doctors and teachers have always been admired, even as all of us are used to apathetic doctors who just over-prescribe pharmaceuticals and try to scurry you out the door, and growing up in the education ourselves, how many of us would describe our own teachers as “amazing”? Most people admit they are lucky if they had one or two great teachers who left an impression on them, out of what? Fifty to sixty teachers? Most were just phoning it in, and plenty were straight out abusive and cruel to their students. I think almost all of us have experienced that. So I think what I am describing mostly is people waking up to that reality during the pandemic. We are seeing doctors withhold cures from their patients because corporations told them to, we are seeing nurses twerk like whores in hospital halls, we are seeing teachers refuse to teach in person, or if they are forced to teach, they hold kids down and force masks on their faces before opening up the textbook to show them pornography, and cops - well, we are seeing cops bodyslam old grannies into the ground and mace mothers in the face in front of their children. And I do think these professions need to be shamed for their behavior. And the good ones in those professions now just have to own their reputation because of how the majority are acting, just like good politicians have to be associated with scumbags, or good lawyers have to hear nasty lawyer jokes. The hope is that enough of the good ones in these professions start to call out their co-workers because they are tired of their shitty reputation.
So I acknowledge the good ones but until the good ones become the majority, they are going to continue to be painted with the same brush whether we like it or not because that’s just life. I am also in a profession where most of the people in that profession are hated by the public and instead of whining about it or saying “not me” I just say, “Yeah, it’s a pretty accurate assessment.” I don’t make it about myself and I don’t take offense. I would expect truly good doctors and good teachers and good cops - the few there are - would feel the same way.
I know my family doctor. He really cares about people. He does get overwhelmed. I go out of my way to just take a minute and say hi to doctors and nurses and ask about their lives. I try to take a few seconds and get a human connection. A lot of times that changes everything. I have noticed that when going back to the same Doctor/nurse 6 months to a year later they remember me and are very relaxed. In fact a couple of weeks ago in September had to see the doctor I saw last year. He started off by sitting down and asking how I was doing. Then he went on to tell me a little about his family and what has been happening with them over the past year. Even i was surprised by that.
Doctors are people for sure. There are some bad apples everywhere. My wife was a teacher. She was pretty much the token conservative. Some teachers are great. Even some of the liberal ones. The leftist ones are a different story. There is a system in place. The system sucks but we just need to be careful calling everyone working in the system evil. Some are doing the best they can. Some are only in it for the paycheck. We have to be careful about calling everyone the enemy. There is a real enemy and that enemy is also the enemy of the doctors.... And the teachers. People are people. I think it is important to try to have others see you not as a number but as a decent human being.
Thank you for your moderate response.
Of course I agree with you and it is easy to paint with a broad brush. There are definitely a handful of good doctors and a handful of good teachers and a handful of good politicians. But with politicians, for example, we have generally known that 90% of them are corrupt, lying scumbags in it for money, power, and their own ego. That’s just been the common trope for politicians for decades. It’s a very mainstream notion.
Yet doctors and teachers have always been admired, even as all of us are used to apathetic doctors who just over-prescribe pharmaceuticals and try to scurry you out the door, and growing up in the education ourselves, how many of us would describe our own teachers as “amazing”? Most people admit they are lucky if they had one or two great teachers who left an impression on them, out of what? Fifty to sixty teachers? Most were just phoning it in, and plenty were straight out abusive and cruel to their students. I think almost all of us have experienced that. So I think what I am describing mostly is people waking up to that reality during the pandemic. We are seeing doctors withhold cures from their patients because corporations told them to, we are seeing nurses twerk like whores in hospital halls, we are seeing teachers refuse to teach in person, or if they are forced to teach, they hold kids down and force masks on their faces before opening up the textbook to show them pornography, and cops - well, we are seeing cops bodyslam old grannies into the ground and mace mothers in the face in front of their children. And I do think these professions need to be shamed for their behavior. And the good ones in those professions now just have to own their reputation because of how the majority are acting, just like good politicians have to be associated with scumbags, or good lawyers have to hear nasty lawyer jokes. The hope is that enough of the good ones in these professions start to call out their co-workers because they are tired of their shitty reputation.
So I acknowledge the good ones but until the good ones become the majority, they are going to continue to be painted with the same brush whether we like it or not because that’s just life. I am also in a profession where most of the people in that profession are hated by the public and instead of whining about it or saying “not me” I just say, “Yeah, it’s a pretty accurate assessment.” I don’t make it about myself and I don’t take offense. I would expect truly good doctors and good teachers and good cops - the few there are - would feel the same way.
We do have a breakdown in society. That breakdown is by design. I completely agree that many just take the easy way out and "go with the flow".
This is why The Great Awakening is the only way
We will never be free until we free ourselves from "the flow"
I just see my little job in this as not so much telling people about the Great Awakening as much as being The Great Awakening.
Going out of my way to treat others the way I would like to be treated. Even when those same others are acting foolish.
The breakdown we have in the world will not be fixed by anyone else. It has to be fixed by each one of us.
The system has done its job into turning us all into numbers. It is up to us to turn everyone we meet into a human being.
At least that is the way I see some of my part in this movement.
Yes, that is a great message. Thank you.