Issue 39.13
Dear Reader,
Here is a great story about caring for one another during life’s difficult situations. Its wisdom goes beyond human understanding and touches the depths of who we really are to one another.
It speaks volumes about loving and caring for each other. Nothing more needs to be said. Just open you heart and receive the love and wisdom of this story.
“It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00.
I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided since I wasn’t busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On examining it I saw it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors and got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.
While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.
I inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while, as she is a victim of Alzheimer’s disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now.
I was surprised and asked him, ‘And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?’ He smiled as he patted my hand and said, ‘She doesn’t know me but I still know who she is.’
I had to hold back tears as he left, and I thought: Life isn’t about how to survive the storm but how to dance in the rain.”
Note: This story was sent to me by Rev. Chris Chenoweth, a friend and colleague from Texas. In 1999, he founded Positive Christianity.org as one of the first daily inspirational sites on the internet. You can access his Daily Inspiration messages through www.PositiveChrisitanity.org.
Rev. Luigi Persichetti is the spiritual counselor for Southern Utah Home Care and Hospice and retired Unity minister from Unity Center of Positive Living in St. George.