After my friend finished his first round of radiation and before he could get up and leave, he was handed a plastic ring and invited, encouraged, commanded to try to toss it over the faucet 10-15 feet to his left and high enough so that success could be imagined.
Well, he tried, and missed. No problem. The techs said this would be the last event for every day of radiation and that they had photographs of people who had won this game not once, or twice, but as many as three times!
Consider the accomplishment here. These folks took a stressful and uncomfortable situation and made the experience for their patients a fun one; and they, too, reaped rewards by encouraging and participating in this play.
Now, it is hard to imagine anything in the workplace necessarily comparing to radiation treatment (unless that is where you work) and if they can find a way to have fun for themselves and their patients I think that raises the bar for the rest of us!
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