Meera Sethi, MD

Each time human beings turn against one another, there is a tragic news headline. Each time we read these headlines, we are horrified—then angry, then frustrated, and eventually apathetic. We turn to our loved ones and hold on tight in the hope that we may never be the direct victims of such events. Yet the events continue, relentlessly, and each time, they are closer to home. This poem offers hope and a prayer for the New Year.

A bunch of us left home one morning……...

Did we not hear the same words as we watched the rain come down?

Was love not found in all our neighborhoods?

Did the fear of hunger drive away the need for friendships?

And where were the angels meant to drive them away?

Let us assume we have to protect our peace

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One psychiatrist offers hope and a prayer for humanity as we enter the New Year.

Towards Dawn

Psychiatry does not always have all the answers. However, the ability we develop over the years to introspect, to be self-aware, and to look at ourselves from the outside becomes one of our most significant personal gains on this journey. That, accompanied by the lessons learned through following the trajectories of the lives of people we treat, sometimes is all we need to navigate the sunrises and sunsets of our own lives.

Being a psychiatrist and a parent, assessing and learning about my own limitations, has been one of the most enriching and humbling experiences of my life.

Took me a while to find a teapot for five

The smaller one will make the tea too strong

But the teapot for five was still alright

Little more work to have the tea taste good

I don’t like that there is so much left over

I don’t like that I know I need a new teapot

While the one for five comes out for holidays

I don’t like that some days we are too tired for tea

and other days, it does not seem that important

I don’t like that the pot for two makes the tea taste right

 is a psychiatrist in private practice in McLean, Virginia.

How working with patients can help us navigate the sunrises and sunsets of our own lives.

Meera Sethi, MD

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Towards Dawn

Of Tea, Teapots, and Other Things