Today I slogged through the city doing patient visits from one end of town to another as the mercury rose to the mid-90's.
Feeling sorry for myself, I jumped in and out of my comfortable air-conditioned car only to realize my relative privilege as I visited patients who were sweating it out in third-floor walk-ups devoid of even a simple fan!
Deep in the city are thousands of people living in near-squalid conditions with no escape from the summer heat and little comfort during the snows of winter. As I complain my way through a series of home visits, I remind myself to be grateful for my air-conditioned car, my lovely home in the woods, my screened-in porch, and all of the comforts that inform the privilege that I so often take for granted.
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