Love

Awesome!!!

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, I had
goose bumps on my arm and thought,

"That is the kind of love I want in my life. True love is neither
physical nor romantic".

True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be,
and will not be.

Peace is seeing a sunset and knowing who to thank. The happiest
people don't necessarily have the best of everything, they just make
the best of everything they have.

I hope you share this with someone you care about, I just did.
Life isn't about how to survive the storm but how to dance in the
rain.

The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called
Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red
lights called Enemies, caution lights called Family. You will have
flats called Jobs.

But, if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called
Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a driver called Almighty God,
you will make it to a place called Success.


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Whatever you want to do, do it right.