Integrative medicine, business and simplicity

Words DR CARLOS SANCHEZ

Sometimes, my job as a family doctor can be a little confronting. It’s not just looking at a human body and trying to repair it as if it was a machine. Other really important factors influence our health, including the stress of life that everyone is exposed to. We cannot escape this, but we can modify our perception of it. Stress is something made by us, and its consequences depend on how we face it.

In modern society, we need to earn our living. People can get really submerged in their jobs and become obsessed with making a lot of money, without realising that material things can’t buy you happiness. I don’t argue that it is nice to enjoy nice things, as long as you are aware that you are not really the owner of things but simply the custodian while you are alive.

We see a lot of families torn apart by fighting over material things after the death of a loved one. It is insane to not realise that sooner or later, we all have the same fate. In the end, it’s about finding a balance between living comfortably with what we earn, and doing something that really satisfies us as a person, trying to make a better world, without focusing on our own selfishness.

I can say I feel proud of my work because I really enjoy what I do, trying to make people healthier and help them temporarily pause and reflect on life. It is very rewarding to see the changes and get paid for it.

The Dalai Lama has a saying: Men lose their health to make money, and then lose their money trying to recover their health, and by thinking anxiously about the future they forget the present. They live as if they are never going to die, and die as if they have never lived.

Keep it simple, enjoy the ride and take with you the only things you can – the beautiful experiences of life.

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