Jules: Learning life wisdom is so important. Here is why. I once had a colleague who told me that his mother had Alzeheimer disease and could not even remember him as his son whenever he visited her at the home for the aged. I thought it was quite meaningless for him to regularly visit his mother. I now understood I was wrong when I read the following story recently -
Remembering
It was a busy morning, about 8:30 , when an elderly gentleman in his 80s arrived at the hospital to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.
I was a doctor and had just finished my shift. I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, 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 and that she was 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.
Mr OWO: That is an interesting story about learning life wisdom and true love.
Jules: Yes life wisdom has taught me what to do and not to do and why some people do the things that they do.
