I’m in the midst of one of those periodic speaking tours that make it difficult to find a block of time for the sustained thinking required for an analytical piece. Fortunately every such trip always involves meeting new people and hearing stories that deserve to be shared with a broader public.
On a recent visit to Toronto my Shabbos host Dr. Earl Nussbaum whom I had never met shared a story that confirmed for him that he had indeed chosen the correct path in life.
A few years ago on a day he was supposed to pick up his daughter after school at a bus stop exposed to the elements Earl discovered that his secretary had scheduled a late afternoon appointment with an elderly woman who had previously been seen by another cardiologist in his group practice and should have been assigned to him again.
Though irritated he knew his colleague would not agree to see a patient not on his daily schedule even if she was elderly and already in the office. So he saw her rather than raise a ruckus with the secretaries.
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