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Shawna Macivor's avatar

Thanks Cathy. Beautifully written. I've always wondered why the snake is a symbol of medicine and the medical profession.

Here is an explanation published by the US National Institutes of Health:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11003127/#:~:text=The%20snake%20figure%20was%20associated,antivenom%20against%20their%20own%20poison.

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Sibylle Walke's avatar

I really appreciated this story today as I also feel we mt deal with the threats and what we are dreading by seeing the complexity of every situation , by stopping our panicked binary thinking, by changing the perspective.

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Marie Knapp's avatar

Thank you for this perspective Cathy. While I always look for the good in something, this additional perspective suggests we also look upward toward solutions. I will contemplate this further.

Marie Knapp

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