doctors

i need to make friends with some older people. Like, between 5 to 10 years older. I'm surrounded by gin-nahs in so much of my life -- either literal gin-nahs, or people who act like them. Where are the stable, steady, sensible people who've seen a bit of life and have their feet firmly planted on the ground; the ones who don't get carried away with bright shiny ideals that cannot stand the test of Real Life; the people who just get on with it, doing what needs to be done with no fuss, no fanfare, no grand-standing.
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Like the doctors i know. One surgeon, and two emergency department doctors. Also another surgeon who is not my friend, but whom i just got to know recently. i like their steadiness, the fact that they look disease and sometimes death in the eye and still just keep on keeping on. The fact that they've mastered all that knowledge and handle all that responsibility -- and still manage to be kind. That they work so darned bloody hard -- no other career demands more of a person than a medical career, i swear.
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People who deal with the Real Stuff -- flesh and blood and bone.
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Yep, looks like i totally need to hang out with my doctor friends more. Pity they're always so busy ......
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