15 years of Service

I love this story about Margaret Mead. 

Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture.  The Student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones.  But no.  Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) that had been broken and then healed.  Mead explained that in the animal kingdom, if you break your leg, you die.  You cannot run from danger, get to the river for a drink or hunt for food.  You are meat for prowling beasts.  No animal survives a broken leg long enough for the bone to heal.  A broke femur that has healed is evidence that someone has taken time to stay with the one who fell, has bound up the wound, has carried the person to safety and has tended the person through recovery.  Helping someone else through difficulty is where civilization starts, Mead said, "We are at our best when we serve others.  Be civilized.  

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15 years of service as an RN and what an incredible ride the last 5 years has been! I will never forget the patient with COVID on maximum BIPAP on the verge of death because there was no ventilator available for her and deciding to prone her heavy body (despite my colleagues' insistence that it was futile) just long enough for her husband to be by her bedside for their last goodbye. I will never forget the suicidal patient who, while strapped down by 6 security guards onto the bed, cried out that this world was not worth living because there was no love for him in it and lovingly telling him, while holding his hand tightly, that I loved him and that he deserves a second chance in life. I will never forget how he whispered the most sincere thank you to me as the tears flowed down his face. I will never forget the grief-stricken roomful of family mourning the death of their loved one in the middle of the night who could not leave the hospital without a proper prayer by a clergy and with no chaplain available, leading a prayer of safe and peaceful transition for the dead amidst hushed sob as we held hands and encircled the deathbed. It has truly been a privilege and a heavy responsibility, and I pray God sees my sincere heart in doing good with the gifts and talents He has given.

 

Cody Dorman and Cody's Wish

 

Wow! Animals see the world through spiritual eyes and can sense the presence of a magnificent soul. It is a privilege to witness the beautiful connection between Cody Dorman and Cody’s Wish.

"Who we really are is this magnificent human that you know is YOU who is on this journey. There is so much more to you that is your soul or your higher self. For all of us, our ultimate purpose for being here is our own self-realization; to realizing the love that we are, the power that we are, the divine being that we are ..to allow our expansion, to allow ourselves to fully express who we are, to allow the experiences that we want to have and we cause our own suffering when we think we know what another's soul's journey should be. We don't know why a particular soul has chosen to incarnate into a particular family that may have abuse that they continue to pass down unconsciously... There is a beautiful story in the horse world regarding a child named Cody Dorman with a debilitating disease who was not doing well at the time and he wanted to meet a race horse so a Make a Wish foundation found a horse farm in Kentucky where he lived. He went up to this pasture of yearling horses, and this one little colt came and put his head into Cody's lap and they actually named that horse Cody's Wish. Cody lived many more years because he wanted to see this horse race. The horse was winning and they kept showing the story to Cody. When Cody wan't doing well they took him to see the horse. Cody's Wish's final race was called the Breeder's cup out in Californa and Cody Dorman actually flew there and in a close race, Cody's Wish won. On the flight home, Cody Dorman passed away and made his transition. I've have never been more inspired by any story that I can remember. I look at Cody Dorman and see what a powerful, old, evolved, enlightened, courageous, amazing soul he is to come into that body and leave his legacy in the hearts of so many people and inspire so many people. You can look at that and say," oh its awful that this child was born with this disease which he wasn't' expected to live past a couple of years old" or, you can see the incredible love, inspiration and legacy that he has left.. we don't know what another soul's journey is.. . Sometimes its the most courageous beings that choose to incarnate into the most difficult situation. " -Sara Landon