blogged about the documentary 65_RedRoses<\/a> and there is one scene in that film that keeps coming back to me. <\/p>\nIn it, the doctor who is about to perform the double lung transplant on Eva, the young woman in the film with cystic fibrosis, is alone in a locker room preparing for the surgery. He is nervous and he is pumped, pacing back and forth, shaking his arms, releasing the tension. Then he does something I never expected to see a doctor do. He gets down on his knees and prays. <\/p>\n
Not only was it surprising to see a doctor, a scientist of medicine, pray in such a way, it was astonishing to be allowed into such an intimate moment in a person’s life. Fantastic!<\/p>\n
Here he was, an intelligent and skilled man (whom we later learn is one of a number of doctors who performed a record number of transplants over the course of those 24 hours), asking for help (strength, guidance, courage, steady-hands?) from Something Other Than Himself.<\/p>\n
If there were to be a camera following me around this week you can bet it would catch me down on my knees<\/i>, brothers and sisters, seeking that healing balm of Higher Guidance. <\/p>\n
Holy s$%#!<\/p>\n
Inspiring Message of the Day: My strength and courage come from a Power Greater Than Myself. I will continue to ask this Power to guide and carry me through the operation of my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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