Publisher's Synopsis
"I am Dr. Arif Ahmad, a busy cardiologist in Wisconsin, USA, double boarded in Cardiology and Electrophysiology. I am a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a Fellow of Heart Rhythm Society. This book is a labor of love starting with the first writing, The Optimist, in 2013 and gradually accumulating over the years. It is the World during these times from the perspective of a brown Muslim Pakistani American Physician, and then it is some more. My weaving into the American society is a story in itself. Believing in the absolute equality of all people, I claim zero superiority over anyone else based on region, race, religion, or for any other reason. In the same breath, I refuse to become a second-rate citizen. The American society, in its most honest state, lends itself well to these ideals. That I belong to a family of farmers and hunters helped me feel at home in the American Midwest. My farm, my own piece of heaven, comple