Tag: mistakes
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Fighting the long defeat
John Eberly Columbia, South Carolina, United States Arcata Mill fire. May 1965. Photograph by Peter E. Palmquist (1936-2003). The Humboldt Room, Humboldt University Library Special Collections & The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University. Source “Together through ages of the world we have fought the long defeat.”1 — J. R. R. Tolkien…
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Learning compassion – learning forgiveness
Larry ZaroffCalifornia, United States I once made a technical error that injured a patient. An error of commission. Distressed, I wrote to several cardiac surgeons with whom I was acquainted through training or practice. I asked if they had made similar mistakes and how they were dealing with their mistakes. Were they embarrassed, ashamed? Did…