When the Foundation Is Shaky, You Do Not Keep Adding Weight
When the Foundation Is Shaky, You Do Not Keep Adding Weight Sometimes the problem is not that people are not trying hard enough. Sometimes the problem is that the structure itself needs reexamined. I learned this lesson in medicine through Alex. There were times when his body did not respond the way people expected. A situation might look like something familiar, but treating it the usual way could make things worse. Dr. Lidsky taught me something important through those years: sometimes you have to back up, rethink, observe differently, and stop forcing a standard answer onto a body that is not responding in a standard way. I call it the square peg in the round hole. Some people will get close to the round hole and no matter how hard they push, the square peg will not go in. They are so determined to prove it will work, they push harder, and harder . Soon both the round and square pegs are in pieces, the hole is destroyed…it’s a mess. There are others, who, when they start g...
