15 DEC 2011 by ideonexus

 The Difficult Choice of Being the First Heart Donor

For a dying man it is not a difficult decision [to agree to become the world's first heart transplant] ... because he knows he is at the end. If a lion chases you to the bank of a river filled with crocodiles, you will leap into the water convinced you have a chance to swim to the other side. But you would not accept such odds if there were no lion.
Folksonomies: metaphor organ transplant
Folksonomies: metaphor organ transplant
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Christiaan Barnard quote uses a metaphor of being stuck between a lion and a river filled with crocodiles.