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February 10, 2005
It makes you thankful...
I realized today that it is good to get perspective on life every once and a while. A man came in today as a new patient. His wife is a regular and I guess she finally convinced him to come in. Last week though, he was working on a car and through a serious of events he ended up on fire. I'm serious, the way his wife explained it, the entire top half of his body was in flames. He came in today and his face was all blistered and his hands all wrapped except for the tips of his fingers. I'm glad it was winter and he was wearing clothes that covered all the other parts of his body- I am not sure I could have handled seeing the extent of the damage. He was in good spirits though and was joking about something. Next, patient number two walked in and was complaining about how bad of a week it was. She was tired and had the flu for a few days. "It just wasn't her week" she said. I only tried to imagine what this man beside her was thinking. His life was threatened last week and he had a lot to complain about if you ask me. Who knows if he will look "normal" again. But he wasn't. He just sat there quietly and listened to this lady vent.
Anyway, it was a good eye opener for me. I realized a lot of the "rough" things in my life right now aren't really that big of deal after all. I have a lot to be thankful for.
One a side note, I finished reading through the Psalms yesterday. I started this summer trying to read one Psalm a day with Proverbs. It was so encouraging- I would highly recommend it!
Enjoy the sunshine!
Posted by Leah at February 10, 2005 01:38 PM
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hey good post. We all need to hear that.
Ok the real reason that I came by... Christie and I still have a wedding gift for you guys. So I guess this is just so you will aticipate it. ;)
Posted by: paul at February 14, 2005 09:42 AM