10.01.06
A Message From Above
I was having a bad day, a small squabble at home, I hit a curb with my car, the usual B.S. and politics at work, it was morning, etc. I was starting to feel better, made an appropriate apology, but still a little aggravated, (none of which is good for my borderline blood pressure). I was walking from my office and saw a worker in the hospital. I see this worker almost daily. I say hello, sometimes he says hello sometimes he doesn't. Sometimes he looks at me sometimes he doesn't. He is older than I and reminds me of my father-in-law who past away a few years ago... Irish, built like a horse. Well today I saw him multiple times and he was working hard, so besides saying hello, I said, “Boy, they sure have you working hard today.” With that he stopped what he was doing and began talking to me, quite pleasantly how he loved his work, even though some people thought less of him for it. How it made him a good living. How he provided for 3 daughters, who went on to be very successful. All of this without really looking right at me, and sort of talking out loud rather than to me directly. He then said he was very thankful for all he had, and he knew I was too because of the work I did and suddenly looked me right in the eye, touched my arm with his big rough hands, and quietly said, “You need a gratitude list.” He then winked, looked away, and said, “Thank you.”
At first, I did not think a whole lot of this, but as I walked away I felt a chill in my neck, and thought was this man telling me something more. Even more, I saw him again later, and said hello again, and he hardly acknowledged my existence as had been my experience in the past. So was this my imagination recognizing that I was having a weak, vulnerable moment and reading into something more than a simple conversation or was it something more. I have friends who tell me they have experienced things they cannot explain. As a physician, I have seen many people live who should have died and died that should live. I usually can explain or rationalize these things and if I cannot I do believe that God no matter what I do has the ultimate power over my life. Was He speaking to me through this gentleman? While I have never heard the term 'Gratitude List', I am starting one now.
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