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I was at the gym this morning, doing my stretches and noticed an elderly gentleman I see frequently. I smiled and said good morning. He returned the greeting and then asked, “Are you an RN?”<\/p>\n

“No,” I replied.<\/p>\n

“I thought you were an RN,” the white-haired man had a bit of a perplexed look on his face.<\/p>\n

“Why? do you need one?” I said with half a chuckle.<\/p>\n

“No, I thought I saw you at the morgue.”<\/p>\n

“The morgue?” I repeated with raised eyebrows. “Are you a doctor?”<\/p>\n

“No, I’m a patient.”<\/p>\n

My internal wheels were spinning. Do they have patients at the morgue? Or am I playing out a scene from Sixth Sense?… I see dead people!<\/i><\/p>\n

He went on to talk about why he thought I was the RN he’d seen.<\/p>\n

Finally, I just had to ask, “What type of treatment are you receiving?”<\/p>\n

“I had bypass surgery.”<\/p>\n

“And you go to the morgue for treatment?” You can imagine my confusion.<\/p>\n

“Yes,” he nodded.<\/p>\n

“The morgue?” I repeated.<\/p>\n

Finally, he seemed to understand my bewilderment, “No, at Memorial”<\/p>\n

We laughed… big difference between “morgue” and Memorial (as in Memorial Hospital)!<\/p>\n

\"Is<\/a>
Is your perspective an illusion? Do you see the young woman or the old woman?<\/figcaption><\/figure>I’m not really sure why every time he said Memorial, I heard “the morgue.” Perhaps it was his gravelly voice and slightly slurred speech, or maybe I’m growing as deaf as he is.<\/p>\n

Either way, this story illustrates the power of a single word and the importance of making sure we are conveying what we think we’re conveying to others. Sometimes people hear what they expect to hear. Every time I said the word “morgue,” he expected to hear “Memorial” so that is what he heard. And don’t even ask me why I expected to hear morgue! LOL<\/p>\n

Our expectations often determine our realities. What are you expecting to see, hear and experience from life? Is it possible that our perceptions create much of our realities? What if you looked at things from a different angle? You might observe something entirely different, a deeper truth that you never knew was there.<\/p>\n

Just something to think about…<\/p>\n

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