I finished work late today and staying about 2.5 km away from the hospital made me scared to walk home. Luckily the ambulance drops off staff at their respective homes when its late. As i heard that, i had this wave of excitement run through my veins. I was goimg to ride an ambulance!!!
Weird to some, but getting in the ambulance and sitting on the passanger seat felt somewhat great. The first thing i was going to do when i got home was tweet about my adventurous ride in the ambulance. It felt more exhilarating than riding a Circus wheel from the Luna Park as a kid.
As i waved good-bye to the ambulance driver and a few of my colleagues in the ambulance, i felt a fang of guilt as to how euphoric i had felt a few minutes ago about the ride back home. I thought of the different lives that had riden in that ambulance. Mothers experiencing the peak of pangs in giving birth, injured and traumatised patients fresh from a car accident, patients gasping for air and i, just wantimg to be dropped off at home after working late. Very ironic.
It made me realise whilst my ride was based on just moving me from one point to another, many lives had been dependent on just that one ride.
I thanked God for being healthy or unill, for everytime i woke up in good shape, for everytime i rode in a car or kombi and got home safely. I even thanked God for not having flu.
How many of you interns and others out there, seen their clients suffer or go through challenges? Yet there you are, doing well and having a chance to go to work healthy and blessed, complaining about small issues. Its high time you start thanking God that where others find trouble, he sustains and shields you. A thousand may fail, become ill, be in debt, suffer, hunger and thirst at your side, ten thousand at your right hand BUT it shall not come near you!!!
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