Good morning my friend!
This is going to be a very short letter.
Before we start, here’s a new Spiritual Brain Surgery Podcast about the central exchange God wants us to make.
And here’s a talk with world-renowned biochemist Dr. Michael Behe about the state of the science behind the origin of life and Darwinian biology.
I have been thinking about the different approaches we take to surgery for a particular problem, and the questions surgeons ask themselves before we start an operation.
And it dawned on me that these are good questions for all of us to ask ourselves as we approach our lives. If we want a good outcome in surgery, we have to be able to switch from one approach to another if something isn’t working. Sometimes that’s a really hard decision to make, because we have spent so much time working from a particular angle, or we have too much pride to admit that we need to change, or we’re afraid someone else will judge us for making the wrong decision.
The same is true in life.
Here are the questions:
If I choose this approach, what are the possible advantages or disadvantages I can expect along the way?
What would the consequences be if I get into the middle of a case and find out that the approach I chose isn’t working well?
What would the consequences to my patient if I press on with this suboptimal approach?
Now apply these questions to self-brain surgery:
If I choose this approach, what are the possible advantages or disadvantages I can expect along the way?
What would the consequences be if I get into the middle of my life and find out that the approach I chose isn’t working well?
What would the consequences to my life or my family member’s lives if I press on with this suboptimal approach?
As a surgeon, having enough integrity and humility to admit when my approach isn’t working is an essential character trait if I want my patient’s outcomes to be good.
Fortunately, surgeons who spend time BEFORE cases start thinking through the consequences of being right or wrong about the approach we choose frequently avoid the problem of making the wrong choice and having to change directions urgently.
And it’s true for you too, my friend. If we spend some time mentally imagining the potential outcomes of following a particular train of thoughts or decisions, then we’re less likely to find ourselves in the middle of a life and finding we’ve taken the wrong approach.
But when we do realize that something isn’t working, the beautiful thing about how our brains are designed is that we can change our thoughts and immediately begin to improve our brain function to reinforce that new approach.
You are designed to heal, and even if you find yourself way into an operation (or your life) and things aren’t working, changing approaches can make all the difference.
And the good news is, you can start today.
Lisa and I are praying for you.
Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope),
Lee
Psalm 71:14 ("As for me, I will always have hope.")
From the banks of the North Platte river on Moon River Ranch in Nebraska, USA
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