I've yet to hear an apology from a doctor, dentist or weatherman and have been screwed by all three. I'm not fond of the "these things can happen, it's nothing we can't fix" defense. Especially when their fix is going to cost me even more money. Hell, even my mechanic apologized to me the one time he was wrong, and he made the situation right at his expense.

The best was my eye doctor, who prescribed me reading glasses because I told him the highway signs were looking blurry. When I went to a different doctor two years later and informed him of my concerns and told him all about my headaches, he said "You have to understand that doctors know everything...all you know is that you can't see." :bang: It was only after I asked him if I needed stronger reading glasses and a seeing eye dog, that he cracked a smile. Dick!

Where was I? Oh yes...my balls. They haven't quite worked right since I got fixed. You'd think someone would say "sorry they hurt" but no...to say sorry means you either admit you missed something or did something wrong. And that paves the way for a lawsuit. That's why they rarely do it.

Tirade over Please put your seats in their upright position and prepare for landing.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.