Without fear of being wrong, it was in the middle of 2013 that I had a strong desire to do something different in my life, I remember that at that moment I prayed for it to be so, and the truth was nothing to write home about but at that moment I felt it difficult enough, I remember that my wish was this;
- Serve food for a period of time
- To a large number of people
- And that these people were passing through
And right now tears of joy come out of me because it happened in a different scenario than the one I had imagined, but the three points were so exact that I think about the Greatness of God and everything that He taught me.
It was after Hurricane Ida that passed through here where I currently live, it caused damage, it was in September 2021 and I decided to help in the community hospital, at first it was to help in the call center, but later things changed, ( at that moment I didn't even remember what I had wanted one day) and the need for that moment was to serve food, yes, that's right, I did it in the middle of a pandemic, and I did it for two months but when grace accompanies you, everything is good, I'm not going to lie, being there was not easy, starting because things related to the health area do not attract me, in fact many monsters that I have inside appeared and I had to deal with them. (and see what I say many)
At the beginning it was very difficult like everything that God truly sends you, in that later the load lightens, "the period of time" passed in two months I could tell many stories that happened to me but I only have to refer to one, that day I am on the fourth floor in the neurosurgery room, when I enter the room the picture is usually the same, the patient in bed, the relative by his side and occasionally a nurse and for protocol and security, you have to ask the patient for their name and date of birth and if they can't, then something must be wrong, gentlemen, let's remember I'm in the neurosurgery room and well I go in and find the picture that I'm telling you about in this case a lady from maybe 60 years old in bed, her father accompanying her and also a nurse (the only thing I know about this young nurse was what happened at that moment and that his name is Trey) I remember so clearly the moment I asked him his name and his date of birth to the lady, and how she told me It was so clear and with such certainty that nothing extraordinary went through my mind, if I remember that his father and the nurse smiled and almost even celebrated, when this was over, the nurse came out in the corridor and told me -“today is the day luckily she was able to remember her name and her date of birth” she assured me that a lump formed in my throat, after 50 days of being there I thought I had gotten used to it but what I did not expect was what happened approximately two hours later, I think that the lady's "moment" of clarity had already passed, come in and the nurse Trey, sang the ABC with the lady..., sing gentlemen, even if it's the ABC... someone doesn't do it for work or because they pay you a salary, Let's have a good look at the scene behind; a pandemic and a hurricane, PLEASE! it is not an obligation; it is delivery, and it is by will, and that is Love,
I remember how it shook my soul, so much so that I stopped to listen and then I sat down to wait for it to happen because I was crying and laughing at the same time. Perhaps my words will not be able to define the moment, perhaps yes, try to paint it, I hope with all my heart to have captured the moment of a soul that practices the Joy of Love.
This is to give Recognition and THANKS to all the Health personnel, who were there and are still there, realize it is not an obligation, rather an option; of free will. it is a freedom where the only thing that exists is the grace of The Joy of Love.
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| Amoris Laettia 2020 |
