Off to fresh woods and pastures new

  The curve drawn into the air by a pendulum swinging from side to side.   Everything in life is a balance between dichotomies, everything in life is about balance, everything in life is balance. I am Balance.  I climbed a mountain in the vast plains of Tanzania. We started at midnight in a beautiful moonlight soaked atmosphere a light breeze and perfect temperature. The trail was meandering through tall grass, were sudden gusts of wind would let the grass sing. Our sweat was not sticky as the air was dry and still warm from the heat of the day. Once we climbed further up the night laid its blanket on us, the temperature dropping and the wind bringing us chills. One layer after the other, we protected us from the cold until we couldnt find more layers and started freezing as soons as we stopped for a break. In the few hours before sunrise only constantly moving and hiding behind huge boulders would give us warmth. Only the anticipation of the sun rising and with it its wa...

Looking at my pictures from the last months I see a lot of green, nature, adventures, friends, good times and small messages of peace & love to myself.   A few months ago I met a few colleagues from the UK for dinner. One of them talked about all the things he would be doing if he’d lived where I live. I asked myself why hadn’t I done what he was talking about? Besides a feeling of being stuck and a little alone I didn’t have an excuse. Something in me shifted and I told myself: I need more memorable weekends!  But first with what and why was I stuck? I had started working fully at KCMC since January this year. Finally I had gotten all my licenses and was allowed to operate, attend patients and teach. I chose to start in the Acute Care Unit of General Surgery, the unit with the least amount of specialist (1) but most patients. Now we were two specialists (and approximately 8 to 10 residents) in the unit and would share our duties of ward rounds, outpatient clinic, teaching...