I found this article about mindfulness in the New York Times interesting. It talks about more and more physicians becoming disenchanted with their profession because of the many distractions on the job: cell phones, email, text messages, etc. These distractions take away from the joy of the work. I think this is a problem not only for physicians, but for many people in today’s society.
“We all use mindfulness at some point,” Dr. Krasner said. “It’s not something that you go out and get, but it’s something you can cultivate.” Some examples of mindfulness in everyday life include nursing a baby, attending to a young child in distress or, for surgeons, being engrossed in an operation. “Mindfulness allows us to be in a whole host of situations with a sense of equanimity. We don’t get sucked into how charged an experience is but are simply having that experience.”
Doctor and Patient – How Mindfulness Can Make for Better Doctors – NYTimes.com.
