Business Insight Presented by Arlington Dermatology I Want to Show Them How to be Polite With Each Other' Last week, our practice celebrated a very unique and joyful event; one of our long-term patients had his 90th birthday. He is a true frequent flier, with a chronic skin condition that has bothered him for most of his life. Like almost everyone over sixty, he has experienced his share of skin cancers and pre-cancerous lesions but the chronic condition still makes it necessary to continue receiving the light treatment. And he has been a blessing as a patient. Always on time, always patient waiting his turn, never complaining, always smiling, joking with the staff, trying every taste of our taffy candies, just the sweetest person you can imagine. So, we celebrated with the entire office staff and a cake, and more jokes. One of us asked him how it happened that he has always been so nice despite inconveniences of the chronic illness and now, inability to drive by himself. His answer will stay with all of us forever: 'I just want to show everyone how to be polite with each other'. We continued the conversation: Life is so difficult sometimes, and brings so many unexpected things, out of our control, but we still can be polite towards one another and it is in our control. I want all. We are prisoners of computers and cell phones, and schedules, and zooms. We are also victims of accidents and pandemics. And somehow, we have such a hard time to learn our lesson. Being polite is totally in our control. Being polite eliminates stress, from us and from those who deal with us. Being polite brings peace, calm, and satisfaction. All of us want to feel peaceful, calm, and yet, we sometimes think we cannot younger people to know that." Let me tell you, we often complain achieve it because of others. But being that older people cannot change to live according to the new world's order, they have a hard time with electronics, do not like text messaging, are sometimes polite is like karma, it comes from within us towards others, only to come back. One condition: we all have to start thinking that it is worth it to be polite. stubborn. All of it might be true. But they The best way to show others how to, is also carry a message. Often, a message that we do not want to hear or admit to. Outdated message? No, universal message. If only everyone could follow our patient's steps and be polite to each other. Just try to imagine how different the world would be. How different our community would be. by our own example. It may not work the first time, or the second, but eventually, it will change your world. Let's all wish our patient the best and the healthiest birthday and more to come. We look forward to celebrating more of those. Let's also thank him for a great life lesson. And let's follow that lesson. In daily running and expecting instant results, we often forget that most of life around us is not controlled by us at Michael Bukhalo, MD Arlington Dermatology 5301 Keystone Court Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Tel. 847 392 5440 | www.arlingtondermatology.net Business Insight Presented by Arlington Dermatology I Want to Show Them How to be Polite With Each Other' Last week, our practice celebrated a very unique and joyful event; one of our long-term patients had his 90th birthday. He is a true frequent flier, with a chronic skin condition that has bothered him for most of his life. Like almost everyone over sixty, he has experienced his share of skin cancers and pre-cancerous lesions but the chronic condition still makes it necessary to continue receiving the light treatment. And he has been a blessing as a patient. Always on time, always patient waiting his turn, never complaining, always smiling, joking with the staff, trying every taste of our taffy candies, just the sweetest person you can imagine. So, we celebrated with the entire office staff and a cake, and more jokes. One of us asked him how it happened that he has always been so nice despite inconveniences of the chronic illness and now, inability to drive by himself. His answer will stay with all of us forever: 'I just want to show everyone how to be polite with each other'. We continued the conversation: Life is so difficult sometimes, and brings so many unexpected things, out of our control, but we still can be polite towards one another and it is in our control. I want all. We are prisoners of computers and cell phones, and schedules, and zooms. We are also victims of accidents and pandemics. And somehow, we have such a hard time to learn our lesson. Being polite is totally in our control. Being polite eliminates stress, from us and from those who deal with us. Being polite brings peace, calm, and satisfaction. All of us want to feel peaceful, calm, and yet, we sometimes think we cannot younger people to know that." Let me tell you, we often complain achieve it because of others. But being that older people cannot change to live according to the new world's order, they have a hard time with electronics, do not like text messaging, are sometimes polite is like karma, it comes from within us towards others, only to come back. One condition: we all have to start thinking that it is worth it to be polite. stubborn. All of it might be true. But they The best way to show others how to, is also carry a message. Often, a message that we do not want to hear or admit to. Outdated message? No, universal message. If only everyone could follow our patient's steps and be polite to each other. Just try to imagine how different the world would be. How different our community would be. by our own example. It may not work the first time, or the second, but eventually, it will change your world. Let's all wish our patient the best and the healthiest birthday and more to come. We look forward to celebrating more of those. Let's also thank him for a great life lesson. And let's follow that lesson. In daily running and expecting instant results, we often forget that most of life around us is not controlled by us at Michael Bukhalo, MD Arlington Dermatology 5301 Keystone Court Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 Tel. 847 392 5440 | www.arlingtondermatology.net