Dr. Jedidiah’s Diary
Dr. Jedidiah is a psychiatrist who loves
traveling, meeting new people, and exploring different cultures. As a single
father who lost his wife to drug overdose 10 years ago, he has not been his old
perky self for the last decade. During those hard years, he has met hundreds
of, thousands of people from various walks of life around all over the world.
Meeting new people and listening to their stories outside his office have given
him different feelings from the ones through the formal encounter groups or being
truly honest with himself. Here is Dr. Jedidiah’s monologue that has left him
with some food for thoughts in life….. or a fodder to justify his own mistakes
in the past.
Episode # 98. My Patients’ New Year Resolutions
On the first week of January, I’d always made it a rule
to share my new year’s resolutions with my patients in the group therapy
sessions. Although I was not fortunate enough to stay connected with each and
every patient who shared their new year plans after the period of consultations
and therapy was over, I still find myself brimming over with a lot of emotions
and feelings that I had back in those days with my patients who willingly
shared what was on their mind.
Here’s some of their new year resolutions collected in my
note.
“I will surely be more active and outdoorsy
this year. I need more sunrays in my life.”
“I am not going to take things too seriously
or personally, cause I have realized people are not quite interested in me as
much as I guess they do.”
“I will give myself at least one full hour to
meditate. I don’t mean that I am sitting on the yoga mat with a fancy diffuser near
me. I’ll just keep myself shut off from hustle and bustle of life
and noise in any comfortable place of mine…. like inside my car, at a park
nearby, or in my bathtub.”
“I will live my life as a spearhead of
helping hands for the homeless in my area. I will share my home-baked madeleines
with them at least once a week.”
“I will try to stand my friend’s hauteur
this year. Her stuck-up attitude annoys me, but I guess she needs somebody to wow.
I’ll just try to take it this year, because… she’s a lonely one and I am her
friend.”
“I will temporarily deactivate or eventually
leave my social media activities. It is not because it feels like a waste of time,
but because I am affected by random accusers or haters.”
“I want to travel more to make momentous
memories in some places that I haven’t been to.”
“I hope to ditch my bad habit of retail
therapy before I break the bank this year.”
“I will do right by my wife who always
takes good care of me.”
“I will see my close buddies living apart
from me more often this year.”
Expressions
1. hustle and bustle of: noisy, energetic, and often obtrusive activity
2. spearhead: leader in the forefront of something
3. hauteur: haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride
4. momentous: (of a decision, event, or change) of great
importance or significance, especially in its bearing on the future
5. to ditch something: to get rid of something/ to give up something
6. retail therapy: shopping in order to make oneself feel happier
7. to do right by someone: to treat someone kindly
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