My header image is something I produced a while back, and due to severe laziness on my part, I decided to reuse it here as a header.
The phrase “If three words could heal you, I would only speak two” are lyrics from Cherry Kiss by From Autumn to Ashes. Many of their songs have fantastic lyrics, but these particular lines have always resonated with me.
Whilst I make no pretence and analysing song lyrics regularly in much the similar way you are forced to in those long, tedious english literature lessons (can you tell I am a scientist at heart?), these lyrics do hold a stong meaning for me. It like having the power right then and there to cure someone, beginning to do so and holding back at the last minutes for a reason known only to you. To, in some ways, hold back that last word, just because you have the power to.
In life words have a great power that many people do not acknowledge, whether it be good or bad. People have killed themselves or others by being hurt or rejected by another, or thrown caution to the wind because someone whispered “I love you“. But also as doctors, those words can bring the gift of life or take it away. Just look in to the wishful eyes of a pateint who is about to be informed there is no longer any hope, if you wish to see the dramatic effect just a few words can have on a person entire perspective.
Patient Reflections 