Doctors & Engineers

During his recent visit, my father told me of an interesting phenomenon that he observed at work. He noted that of all his patients, the patients who worked in engineering professions were the most difficult.

Since an engineer desires to understand how everything works, he cannot believe that sometimes there is no "real" reason for his ailment, and often becomes frustrated when unsuccessfully attempting to reverse engineer the diagnosis

In thinking about this phenomenon later, I realized that most of us approach the area of healing as if we were engineers. We fixate on the details and reason why we are sick, and fail to realize that ultimately sickness and health comes from Hashem.