One Small Decision Changed Everything

My name is Margaret. I am a doctor. I am not young. I am more than 67 years old. Many people say that my experience is my power. Today something different happens. A man comes to see me. He says, "Doctor, I feel sick." I listen carefully. I ask about his pain. He says, "I feel weak. I feel tired.

Something is wrong. He looks worried. He thinks it is a disease, but I think maybe it is something else. Still, I give him some medicine. I say, "Take this. It will help." He nods. He takes the medicine. He leaves. I think the story is finished. But is it? One day later, he comes back. He says,

"Doctor, the medicine does not work." I am surprised. Many times medicine helps fast. Why not this time? I ask him again. Do you still feel sick? He says, "Yes, I feel the same. Nothing changes." Now my mind is full of questions. Why does his body not improve? Is the problem inside his body or inside his

life? I give him new medicine. I tell him to rest. I think maybe now it will work. But deep inside I feel something is not right. He leaves again. I wait. I wonder will he return or is the story already over? But later he comes a third time. He says doctor I am still sick. The pills do

nothing. At that moment I know the truth is close. This is not a normal sickness. This is something deeper. But what is it and how can I discover it? The man sits in front of me again. His name is John. He says, "Doctor, nothing works. I feel the same." I look at him and think, "Why is

this happening?" I check his answers. No fever, no infection, no real pain in one place. Just the same words. I feel weak. I feel tired. I ask, "Do you eat well?" He says, "Yes." "Do you drink water?" He says, "Yes." "Do you sleep?" He says, "Not much." That word stays in my mind. "Not much."