the glory and the horror

Courtesy of rmfo

Our recent vacation found us on a road trip to Little Rock and Waco, so here are a few pictures from Little Rock (I forgot to take pictures in Waco – sorry!). Some of you regulars might recognize some of these folks.

Have a great 4th of July. Hopefully, it’s not raining half as much where you are as it is here.

Just so you have something to ponder today, here is a short excerpt from de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America:

Unlimited power is in itself a bad and dangerous thing. Human beings are not competent to exercise it with discretion. God alone can be omnipotent, because his wisdom and his justice are always equal to his power. There is no power on earth so worthy of honor in itself or clothed with rights so sacred that I would admit its uncontrolled and all-predominant authority. When I see that the right and the means of absolute command are conferred on any power whatever, be it called a people or a king, an aristocracy or a democracy, a monarchy or a republic, I say there is the germ of tyranny, and I seek to live elsewhere, under other laws.

No longer the intern, I am now expected to know things, to be able to take charge, and show others what to do, how to get things done, and so on. I’m pretty sure that I don’t know what I’m doing yet, still. Worse yet, I start on cardiology, something that I don’t feel all that comfortable with, especially with some of these complicated patients who have had several surgeries/procedures, and a heart attack or two.

However, it is nicer in that I feel like I am not as overwhelmed, so maybe I did learn something over this past year. How not to feel overwhelmed. Ha.