Working Towards the Gold
The Winter Olympics of 2010 are over. We the audience had the privelege and pleasure to observe as for hundreds of competitors, years of hard work and a lifetime of dreaming came down to a single event, movement or even a single hundredth of a second. It was a chance to view life compressed and miniaturized right before our eyes into an intense and emotionally explosive period of days.
We can all look back through our lives and see how a single event can leave an indelible mark on the path that our lives take for better or worse. In a complete life, it’s harder to hash out who gets first place, and what decides whose “run” is the finest and most beautiful. What defines a successful life? Thomas Edison supposedly said, in reference to having tried 700 designs that did not work as light bulbs, “I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work.”
Over the past year, I have seen friends and patients alike having to work creatively to get through some pretty tough times. Despite numerous hurdles and hardships, these individuals have found many ways that do work, and have stayed committed to their families, themselves, and their healthcare. In a time when resources are limited, and most integrative and complementary therapies are out of pocket, I just wanted to take the time to salute and thank the patients at the Stram Center for Integrative Medicine who have made their own Olympic efforts to maintain their health and improve their well-being. We constantly try to achieve the “gold standard” in health care at the center, and if there are any ways that we can work to improve and meet your own standards for excellence, please feel free to let us know. You are our most valuable coaches and judges. Thank you for your support of our work.
