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On the other hand, are our lives not better because of hospitals and

pharmaceuticals? What would have been the fate of those wounded in the

Orlando shooting if it were not for the hospitals nearby waiting ready for just such

an occasion? Have we each not been impacted positively by some medical

intervention in our lifetime?

The problems are complex and solutions of this magnitude require an entire

paradigm shift. A great problem solver, Albert Einstein, wrote: “We can not solve

our problems with the same level of thinking that created them.” Perhaps, like our

ancestors, we might turn to our dreams and visions for guidance on such

matters. This dream that came to me a couple of years ago has haunted me with

its beauty and possibility:

I’m back in my residency training... I go to the classroom auditorium where we

will start our day with a lecture. The room is buzzing with other young docs in

white coats standing around the small auditorium talking with each other. The

elder teacher sees me and immediately hands me a small clear cellophane bag

filled with tiny wine colored seeds or shavings. Like red quinoa. The top is open

and she tells me that this is very poisonous stuff. As she does this, the group of

young doctors standing about the room gathers around me to see what is

happening. I hold the small bag in my outstretched hands and see that somehow

it is leaking out of the bag; the way sand falls through fingers. I try to stop it but I

cannot. I feel panicked and look to the elder, questioning her with my eyes. She

asks me to lead the sing that will stop this from happening. I hesitate for a

moment pondering her request then take a deep breath and begin to sing to the

poison in the bag.

Almost immediately, and to my surprise, the whole classroom of doctors joins in

with me and the most beautiful sound comes out of all of us. We are transformed

into a chorus of doctors in white coats, singing to stop the leaking poison. As we

sing, the poison in the bag continues to diminish but it is no longer leaking out,

just disappearing before our eyes. When the poison is all gone, we finish