Compliment

So, I went see about getting my driver's license re-instated, not that I have any desire to drive as of yet, but it would be nice to be able to test drive a car should I find one!

I went through all of the tests to again show the cardiologist that I am okay, a bit shaky for sure, but no more heart problems.  Well truth be known, I had a bit of a problem cleaning up after the last storm swept through.  So, I just stopped picking up branches and end of problem!  The doctor has a problem with how my body reacts to physical stress because it is not typical.

So, Mai, his Catholic Vietnamese nurse and the long time nurse of my previous doctor, walked in and rather quickly albeit quietly said:
"Kris, the nurses here get together and talk about patient health.  We are amazed that someone as challenged as your condition can remain in the fight ....."

Of course she knows me from when I was working up to be a semi-professional class bicyclist and I am nothing as I used to be, ten years later.  She also knows I am a Christian and take my faith seriously.  And continued mentioning how inspirational my dogged defiance in the face of continued defeat to surrender to hopelessness.

It made me wonder at what the statistics were of suicide amongst those whom have gone from active to basket cases in such a short period of time.


But, life - human life is precious, at least to God.
I would not suppose to know why.
It is not in my genetic makeup to know.
But it is.
Therefore, those whom would seek to follow in Jesus' footsteps, are stuck with honoring life as precious.
It means I have vowed decades ago to never take a human life - even when the opportunity exists.
It means never using someone.
It means honoring the image of God all of us were created in.
It means being the lesser, in all situations.
It means subjecting myself to endless doctors with needles.
It means letting God bring me to the end of my days,
Though I may long for rest .....

In the meantime, even by just surviving, it is apparently a witness to those around me.
Well, God can use most anything ......
Most anyone,
Even me apparently.