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Daily Cascade

by Joy

Rated: 18+ · Book · Writing · #2326194

A new blog to contain answers to prompts

Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas " became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.

Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Reagana

about 15 hours ago
In response to "What About Success?"

I like how you say, "Money and status are the loud definitions of success."

That is so very true, and while that may be many people's definition of success, it is not mine. I tend to find success in the small, everyday moments...those moments that make me laugh. That teach me to appreciate. That help me grow!

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Witchy Woman

a day ago
In response to " Patience, you said?"

I'm with you ladies, mine is never high at home. I did a month straight of readings everyday at 10am which was the time my next appointment was and recorded it in my notes on my phone. My blood pressure was high when the nurse took it, much higher than any of my home readings. I show my notes on my phone to the doctor and he says why do we have you on blood pressure medication and then looks at the chart the nurse had set on the counter. He chuckled and said, you have white coat blood pressure. He said a lot of patients have higher blood pressure whenever they're at the doctors. He lowered my medication but wouldn't take me off it. Said it was safer for me to have a low dose than none. Which doesn't make any sense to me.

I feel like we're cattle rushed through the right gates when we're at the doctors.

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Reagana

a day ago
In response to " Patience, you said?"

The same thing happens to me when I go to the doctor. Every 3 months I have to go, and at each visit, they do bloodwork. I work myself up...ha, ha, just thinking about it. They check my blood pressure right before this, and wonder why it is high. The last time this happened, they told me to get a blood pressure cuff, to monitor at home. I did, and it has Never been high while at home.

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🌝 HuntersMoon

Dec 10, 2025 at 12:16am
In response to "On Doctors: Are they infallible?"

I prefer discussions over diagnosis. At the end of the day, I'm responsible for my health. I'm going to be part of the decision, or I'll find a new doctor.

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Jayngle Bells

Dec 9, 2025 at 1:27pm
In response to "On Doctors: Are they infallible?"

I am more confident in a doctor who says they don't know but are working on finding an answer than I am of a doctor who thinks they know everything.

Great post, Joy.

2 Like

sindbad

Dec 8, 2025 at 1:07pm
In response to "Those Poor, Misunderstood Mistakes"

That's a profound and deeply reflective take on mistakes.

You've beautifully captured the idea that a mistake isn't just an "absence of perfection," but a "presence of something else"—a powerful source of data and growth.
Utility: Yes, mistakes are incredibly useful. They serve as critical feedback ("here's something you don't understand"), driving discovery and innovation (the path of no discovery is the safe path).
Transformation: They provide the "raw material for a better and stronger self," leading to careful repair and the "courage to mend the pieces."
Empathy: Crucially, your insight is right: confronting your own imperfections grants the essential human capacity for empathy.
In short, a mistake is not a verdict of failure, but a mandatory step toward mastery and compassion.

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Silvern

Dec 7, 2025 at 2:43am
In response to "Felt with the Heart"

There are a lot of feelings in our lives that we can feel their existence but not see.

That list begins with love. It doesn't have any shape or hue, but it can do miracles and takes an important role in any sort of relationship.

The joy of hearts, forgiveness are other things that can't be seen, but we can feel it's importance.

Courage and peace are two unavoidable specialities that are truly crucial in our lives which we can feel but remain unseen.

Overall, this is a very important blog post. We ought to realise this and apply this in our lives.

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Witchy Woman

Dec 6, 2025 at 5:51pm
In response to "Felt with the Heart"

That inner peace where mind and body aren't conflicting would be the greatest gift of all for us seniors.

Love I would argue is visible and invisible because there are moments when we are so busy trying to find it, it's right in front of us.

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Silvern

Dec 6, 2025 at 5:40am
In response to "On My Blogging"

The blogger directly focused on the main subject. Publication of a blog is not her main objective. He writes blog posts regularly mainly for her pleasure nothing else. She is a dedicated soul to literature, bringing a wave of extreme positivity. What can we want more for her? She stressed the love and discipline to enjoy the true joy in literature. A complete and total dedication, not partly, is required.

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BIG BAD WOLF is Merry

Dec 5, 2025 at 8:26pm
In response to "On Wishing for Approval"

Always something.

December 9, 2025 at 1:08pm

#1103296

On Doctors: Are they infallible?

Prompt:
“Don’t worry, I’m a doctor. ... Besides, whatever I do to you is okay because I’m a doctor. Trust me. Now, on a scale of one to ten, how painful would you say this is?”
Jasun Ether, The Beasts of Success
What do you think about doctors? How right are they with treatments and do you think that they may believe they are infallible?

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Before I write anything, let me say that my grandfather, in whose house I mostly grew up, was a doctor. So was my late husband. I knew their friends and I've noticed how some of those doctors believed in what they were doing and how one of them still cried in big tears over a patient he lost because he had given him a shot not knowing about his allergies and the man died right there in his office, immediately.

Now that I'm old and have to see my doctors periodically, without first consulting with my husband anymore, I can look at them from the patients' points of view as well. A patient wants or maybe even needs his doctor to say, "I know what's ailing you, and I know how to fix it."

No such thing exists! This is because medicine is an art as well as a science. The weight of responsibility on the doctors is huge. That responsibility can even make them think and say: " I am a doctor. Doctors save lives. Therefore, I must be right and you'd better obey me." While this may be well-intentioned, it also shows a dangerous sense of being godlike. Moreover, society has elevated the doctors to a higher level by trusting them and accepting their word as being absolutely correct.

Also, as patients, when we are sick and vulnerable, we crave confidence. Confidence by our doctors, however, can only be a performance. This is because medical training rewards decisiveness over humility. Then, there's that emotional burden. Imagine telling a patient, "I thought this was a routine case, but I was wrong. You have only a few months of life left.” Here, the relationship is not professional anymore. It has become personal.

So, now the good news. Medicine has begun to confront itself with peer-review, evidence-based practice, and some disciplinary action within the medical societies. Some doctors, nowadays, even encourage transparency among them. That infallible doctor myth, therefore, is being thrown out the door. And I surely believe that their greatest strength is in their courage to say to a patient, "I was wrong. So let's figure this out together."

In fact, doctors are brilliant, most of them dedicated, and some of them have spent at least a couple of decades, if not more, on their education and learning about emergencies and such. They may as well be our modern oracles, but only depending on how far the medical knowledge has evolved and depending on how much they really know about themselves.

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