Good Tired

As I drove home from the CIR National Convention tonight the following quote from Harry Chapin came to my mind.

"There's two kinds of tired. There's good tired and there's bad tired.

Ironically enough, bad tired can be a day that you won. But you won other people's battles, you lived other people's days, other people's agendas, other people's dreams, and when it's all over there was very little you in there. And when you hit the hay at night somehow you toss and turn, you don't settle easy.

Good tired, ironically enough, can be a day that you lost. But you won't even have to tell yourself, because you knew you fought your battles, you chased your dreams, you lived your days. And when you hit the hay at night, you settle easy, you sleep the sleep of the just, and you can say, 'Take me away'."

Tonight I am good tired. Deb and I got to spend the day sharing the vision of Connor's House with an amazing group of delegates, organizers, staff and the executive committee from CIR. I could not be more pleased with how everything went. The CIR staff were amazing. From top to bottom they went way out of their way to help and support us. The doctors we met, mostly 1st and 2nd year residents, give me great hope for the future of medicine in our country. They were receptive, engaged, thoughtful and passionate about making a difference in the lives of their patients and how the health care system works.

It was a long day and I am tired. But tonight I am good tired.