By Valerie van Mulukom — 2018
Imagination is what propels us forward as a species—it expands our worlds and brings us new ideas, inventions and discoveries.
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I was told that I should receive an appointment in about six to eight weeks, but my gut was telling me that something wasn’t right, so I decided I wanted to get it investigated sooner than that.
“Never stop asking. Stay on those doctors. If you feel something is wrong and your doctor isn’t doing something, go to someone else.”
I now realize that a framed piece of paper saying that someone is a doctor will never trump a gut intuition.
It's not that I'm blind to life's fragility or the dangers around me. It's just that I possess a gift offered by many mistake-filled years: At my age, I have a pretty good idea what and whom to trust.
Still clinging to the fears and fury of childhood? You can unarrest your development once and for all.