*pride & prejudice*

have u ever been prejudice to any1? like judging them and categorising them based on 1st impression... i tend to do tht... a lot....
and though ppl say it's a really bad habit, i beg to differ..
coz to me, tht particular act of mine is wht saves me frm being hurt...
i usually use my intuition in judging a person, and though i might be wrong at times, there's countless times when i was right.. and boy, did tht save me frm doing somethg stupid or being broken-hearted...

demo ne,
todays palliative med class made me re-thnk about my habit...
i mean, i knw it's only natural human character to judge others based on wht they see & hear,
but as a future doctor, can i afford to do tht with my patients?
being intuitive may be helpful in certain situations like when the patient is lying about his condition.. but then, the habit of judging ppl based on 1st impression may be fatal to me in my future professsion... i mean, i obviously cant choose patients or give special treatment to a particular patient juz bcoz he/she is wealthy... and wht about cases where the patient overdosed himself with drugs or drank and drove and finally got into an accident.. would i actually be picky about which patient i should or should not treat? will i not treat a person if he brought unto himself the pain n suffering tht he is experiencing now?

hmmmm.....
though right now, my answers to all the questions would be " i'll treat all the patients equally no matter wht caused his suffering, no matter his religion, no matter his race, and no matter his status, etc" , i'm not too sure wht my answer might be 10yrs frm now...
oh dear, i guess my pride in certain thgs in my life made me have all this prejudices... for eg: juz bcoz i pride myself as being a good person, doesnt necessarily mean tht i should avoid talking to and avoid treating a patient who is a drug-addict *bcoz of his bad background* juz bcoz i'm worried he might bring bad name to me... and i do realize this fact.... but then, it's not as easy to stop doing it bcoz i was brought up tht way... huhu.... demo ne, i'll certainly try to stop it... i have to!!

p/s: i juz realized tht as we grow older, there seems to be more and more thgs to think of, and lots more thgs tht needs our care... i juz hope tht i'll be able to end up not only as a good doctor but more importantly as a wonderful person....