I met a newly retired man at the gym the other day. He told me that he is trying to figure out ‘who he is’ now that his career in medicine is over. I let his question hang in the air for a few moments and then posed the following question:
“Might it be more useful to consider who you can become?”
He was startled by my question, but I believe it gave him something to consider. I understood his feeling of unease. Thinking about a situation in different ways allows for more possibilities to enter.
