11/13/2025
Since mental wellness is a huge part of health…. I wanted to share something that I posted on my personal page. It has a lot to do with creating an environment conducive to mental stability!!!
Just my opinion, but I feel as if this is a MUST READ!!!!
You attract MUCH of what happens in your life by what you INVITE into it……….. story below (actually two stories)……
A few weeks ago we had someone call wanting to come in for a new patient appointment. She explained that her and her husband share one vehicle so the time she was able to come in was limited.
No problem we thought to ourselves as we pride our flexible hours!!! We are open from 7:30 am until 5:45 pm Monday through Thursday. As we were talking to this person we were thinking to ourselves ….. “certainly we can find a day and time to work”.
After about 10 minutes of back and forth on the phone this person expressed that she had a lot of appointments and none of our times worked for her.
She asked to be seen on Friday. We explained to her that our office is not open on Fridays. At this point this person’s tone got aggressive. 😳
“I don’t think you are understanding me. I need to come on Friday. It’s the only day that works for me” 😳😳😳
My employer being a BIG people pleaser was loss for words as she was trying her absolute best to the point of even offering before office hours and after office hours trying to help her out. Instead of my employee’s generosity helping….. the person got increasingly angry on the phone.
“I don’t know how to make this more clear. It’s Friday or nothing. You guys are a MEDICAL office and you need to accommodate me”….. 😳😳😳
“The doctor needs to stop being lazy and work when people need him” Only if she knew how hard I work 😂
I kid you not. Things were REALLY getting unhinged.
Once a blue moon we might have to deal with someone thats less than pleasant, but this was on a whole new level.
In a nutshell, the phone call ended with her calling out a few colorful pleasantries that you wont hear in Disney movies 🙉
Ok now onto the second (seperate but related) story…..
Today one of my patients put his hand on my shoulder after his adjustment and said to me in a loving tone “I just want to tell you how proud and happy that I am of you that you are closed the whole week of Thanksgiving to take your family to Disney. Nothing should come before time with family”
Jim…. Before I get any further…. thanks for saying those words to me. It’s VERY hard for me to take time off work because I feel guilty not being there for my patients. Hearing this from my own patients make me realize that I have the tribe that I need!!!!!
The beginning of the post I mentioned that…..
YOU ATTRACT MUCH OF WHAT HAPPENS IN YOUR LIFE BY WHAT YOU INVITE IN IT.
Going to explain now…..
If I had allowed this unruly patient to make absurd demands and showed up on a Friday to the office for her…… I have zero doubt that she was the type of person that would call me on Christmas morning demanding that I come immediately to take care of her and her calling me selfish that I wanted to watch my kids open up presents on Christmas morning!!!!!!
I might not be old and wise yet, but I am old enough and wise enough to know that people like that NEVER appreciate you. NEVER!!!!!
Take inventory of what you WANT in life and when things come knocking on the door……. if it is not what you want….. feel confident and stand your ground and say NO THANKS!
Not my circus…. not my monkeys!!!!!! You are much more in control of your life than you think you are. I promise!!!!
