Cassidy

“Turning our hearts toward the poor, then, can't just mean dealing with pecuniary poverty. It can't just mean a monthly donation. It has to mean diving in, walking alongside, breaking down the hegemony, and fighting the ethos of the Other, wherever we find it. It must mean taking a serious look at our own role in perpetuating the structural inequities Dr. Farmer describes.”
― Mark Shrime, Solving for Why: A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose

“The only thing that can save us from our irascibly self-centered existence is to make sure that our existence is in the service of others”
― Mark Shrime, Solving for Why: A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose

“Solving for why hasn't made life any less routine. The difference, however, is obvious: routine was once the anesthetic I used to numb myself to the moving sidewalk. Now, it is the how with which I live out my why.”
― Mark Shrime, Solving for Why: A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose

“This is the church of the outcast, the shunned, the spurned, the Other. This is the congregation of the sideshow. This is my people. This is worship.”
― Mark Shrime, Solving for Why: A Surgeon's Journey to Discover the Transformative Power of Purpose