Season 1 Episode 9
Original Air Date: 22 May 2005
Narrated By Dr. Meredith Grey:
Secrets can't hide in science. Medicine has a way of exposing the lies. Within the walls of the hospital, the truth is stripped bare.
How we keep our secrets outside the hospital...Well, that's a little different.
One thing is certain. Whatever it is we're trying to hide, we're never ready for that moment when the truth gets naked.
That's the problem with secrets. Like misery, they love company.
They pile up and up until they take over everything.
Until you don't have room for anything else.
Until you're so full of secrets, you feel like you're going to burst.
The thing people forget is how good it can feel when you finally set secrets free.
Whether good or bad, at least they're out in the open, like it or not.
And once your secrets are out in the open, you don't have to hide behind them anymore.
The problem with secrets is even when you think you're in control...
...you're not.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
DETERIORATION OF THE FIGHT OR FLIGHT RESPONSE (2)
Season 2 Episode 26
Original Air Date: 15 May 2006
Narrated by all of the Doctors:
Human beings need a lot of things to feel alive.
Family ...
love, ...
sex.
But we only need one thing ...
to actually be alive.
We need a beating heart.
When our heart is threatened ...
we respond in one of two ways:
We either run …
or ...
we attack.
There's a scientific term for this:
Fight ...
... or flight.
It's instinct.
We can't control it.
Or can we?
Original Air Date: 15 May 2006
Narrated by all of the Doctors:
Human beings need a lot of things to feel alive.
Family ...
love, ...
sex.
But we only need one thing ...
to actually be alive.
We need a beating heart.
When our heart is threatened ...
we respond in one of two ways:
We either run …
or ...
we attack.
There's a scientific term for this:
Fight ...
... or flight.
It's instinct.
We can't control it.
Or can we?
17 SECONDS (1)
Season 2 Episode 25
Original Air Date: 14 May 2006
Narrated By Dr. Meredith Grey:
In life we are taught that there are seven deadly sins. We all know the big ones. Gluttony, pride, lust.
But the sin you don’t hear much about is anger.
Maybe it’s because we think anger is not that dangerous. That we can control it.
My point is maybe we don’t give anger enough credit. Maybe it can be a lot more dangerous than we think.
After all when it comes to destructive behavior …
… it did make the top 7.
So what makes anger different from the 6 other deadly sins?
It’s pretty simple really. You give into a sin like envy or pride and you only hurt yourself.
Try lust or coveting …
…and you’ll only hurt yourself …
… and probably one or two others.
But anger. Anger is the worst.
The mother of all sins.
Not only can anger drive you over the edge.
When it does, you can take an awful lot of other people with you.
Original Air Date: 14 May 2006
Narrated By Dr. Meredith Grey:
In life we are taught that there are seven deadly sins. We all know the big ones. Gluttony, pride, lust.
But the sin you don’t hear much about is anger.
Maybe it’s because we think anger is not that dangerous. That we can control it.
My point is maybe we don’t give anger enough credit. Maybe it can be a lot more dangerous than we think.
After all when it comes to destructive behavior …
… it did make the top 7.
So what makes anger different from the 6 other deadly sins?
It’s pretty simple really. You give into a sin like envy or pride and you only hurt yourself.
Try lust or coveting …
…and you’ll only hurt yourself …
… and probably one or two others.
But anger. Anger is the worst.
The mother of all sins.
Not only can anger drive you over the edge.
When it does, you can take an awful lot of other people with you.
DAMAGE CASE
Season 2 Episode 24
Original Air Date: 7 May 2006
Narrated By Dr. Meredith Grey:
We all go through life like bulls in a china shop. A chip here, a crack there. Doing damage to ourselves, to other people.
The problem is trying to figure out how to control the damage we have done or that has been done to us.
Sometimes the damage catches us by surprise. Sometimes we think we can fix the damage. And sometimes the damage is something we can’t even see.
We’re all damaged it seems. Some of us more than others.
We carry the damage with us from childhood. Then as grown ups we give as good as we get.
Ultimately we all do damage. And then we set about the business of fixing. Whatever we can.
Original Air Date: 7 May 2006
Narrated By Dr. Meredith Grey:
We all go through life like bulls in a china shop. A chip here, a crack there. Doing damage to ourselves, to other people.
The problem is trying to figure out how to control the damage we have done or that has been done to us.
Sometimes the damage catches us by surprise. Sometimes we think we can fix the damage. And sometimes the damage is something we can’t even see.
We’re all damaged it seems. Some of us more than others.
We carry the damage with us from childhood. Then as grown ups we give as good as we get.
Ultimately we all do damage. And then we set about the business of fixing. Whatever we can.
BLUES FOR SISTER SOMEONE
Season 2 Episode 23
Original Air Date: 30 April 2006
Narrated By Dr. Meredith Grey:
The key to being a successful intern is what we give up. Sleep, friends, a normal life. We sacrifice it all for that one amazing moment. That moment when you can legally call yourself a surgeon.
There are days that make the sacrifices seem worthwhile. And there are the days where everything feels like a sacrifice. And then there are the sacrifices that you can’t figure out why you’re making.
A wise man once said you can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. What he meant was nothing comes without a price. So before you go into battle you better decide how much you’re willing to lose. Too often going after what feels good means letting go of what you know is right. And letting someone in means abandoning the walls you’ve spent a life time building.
Of course the toughest sacrifices are the ones we don’t see coming. When we don’t have time to come up with a strategy to pick a side or to measure the potential loss.
When that happens and the battle chooses us and not the other way round, that’s when the sacrifice can turn to out to be more than we can bear.
Original Air Date: 30 April 2006
Narrated By Dr. Meredith Grey:
The key to being a successful intern is what we give up. Sleep, friends, a normal life. We sacrifice it all for that one amazing moment. That moment when you can legally call yourself a surgeon.
There are days that make the sacrifices seem worthwhile. And there are the days where everything feels like a sacrifice. And then there are the sacrifices that you can’t figure out why you’re making.
A wise man once said you can have anything in life if you will sacrifice everything else for it. What he meant was nothing comes without a price. So before you go into battle you better decide how much you’re willing to lose. Too often going after what feels good means letting go of what you know is right. And letting someone in means abandoning the walls you’ve spent a life time building.
Of course the toughest sacrifices are the ones we don’t see coming. When we don’t have time to come up with a strategy to pick a side or to measure the potential loss.
When that happens and the battle chooses us and not the other way round, that’s when the sacrifice can turn to out to be more than we can bear.
Monday, November 26, 2007
THE NAME OF THE GAME
Season 2 Episode 22
Original Air Date: 30 April 2006
Narrated By Dr. Meredith Grey:
A good basketball game can have us all on the edge of our seats. Games are all about the glory, pain and the play-by-play.
And then there are the more solitary games. The games we each play all by ourselves. The social games, the mind games, we use them to pass the time to make life more interesting. To distract us from what’s really going on.
There are those of us that love to play games. Any game. And there those of us who love to play… a little too much.
Life is not a spectator sport. Win, lose or draw, the game is in progress. Whether we want it to be or not. So go ahead. Argue with the refs. Change the rules. Cheat a little. Take a break. And tend to your wounds.
But play . play …Play hard. Play fast. Play loose and free. Play as if there is no tomorrow.
Okay, so it’s not whether you win or lose. It’s how you play the game. Right?
SUPERSTITION
Season 2 Episode 21
Original Air Date: 19 March 2006
Narrated By Dr. Meredith Grey:
My college campus has a magic statue. It’s a long standing tradition for students to rub its nose for good luck. My freshman roommate really believed in the statue’s power and insisted on visiting to rub its nose before every exam. Studying might have been a better idea. She lucked out in sophomore year.
But the fact is we all have little superstitious things that we do. If it’s not believing in statues, it’s avoiding sidewalk cracks or always putting our left shoe on first …Knock on wood, ‘step on a crack, break your mother’s back’…The last thing we want to do is offend the gods.
Superstition lies in the space between what we can control and what we can’t. Find a penny, pick it up and all day long you’ll have good luck. No one wants to pass up a chance for good luck. But does saying it 33 times, really help?
Is anyone really listening?
And if no-one’s listening, why do we bother doing those strange things at all?
We rely on superstitions, because we’re smart enough to know we don’t have all the answers.
And that life works in mysterious ways.
Don’t diss the juju. From wherever it comes.
Original Air Date: 19 March 2006
Narrated By Dr. Meredith Grey:
My college campus has a magic statue. It’s a long standing tradition for students to rub its nose for good luck. My freshman roommate really believed in the statue’s power and insisted on visiting to rub its nose before every exam. Studying might have been a better idea. She lucked out in sophomore year.
But the fact is we all have little superstitious things that we do. If it’s not believing in statues, it’s avoiding sidewalk cracks or always putting our left shoe on first …Knock on wood, ‘step on a crack, break your mother’s back’…The last thing we want to do is offend the gods.
Superstition lies in the space between what we can control and what we can’t. Find a penny, pick it up and all day long you’ll have good luck. No one wants to pass up a chance for good luck. But does saying it 33 times, really help?
Is anyone really listening?
And if no-one’s listening, why do we bother doing those strange things at all?
We rely on superstitions, because we’re smart enough to know we don’t have all the answers.
And that life works in mysterious ways.
Don’t diss the juju. From wherever it comes.
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