In the prior post Flummoxed, I documented a series of obstacles arising from my attempt to implement the TBI Proposal. When such obstacles are encountered, I become overwhelmed. The obstacles appear insurmountable, my goals out of reach and impossible of achievement.
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Category Archives: Volunteer
Scratching the Surface
He remains fascinated by the brain. “Working with it teaches you about suffering, and the unpredictability of life, that the more we know about the brain, the more we realize we don’t understand. We are still scratching the surface.”
A neurosurgeon comments on his work
Scratching the surface is what I have been doing for the past 45 months. I have been an experiment of one in the unpredictability of life and all of those ineluctable aspects we still do not understand.
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Work
My initial shift as a volunteer occurred ages ago. At least it seems that way; my memory of the event has already grown dim. I do know that when I first entered the building I was fully prepared to encounter my failings.
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