A Soulful Journey

A politician awoke after an operation and found the curtains in his hospital room drawn. ”Why are the curtains closed? Is it night already?” ”No,” the nurse replied. “But there's a fire across the street and we did not want you to wake and think the operation was unsuccessful.”   -Rotary Down Under  

An older gentleman was on the operating table awaiting surgery and he insisted that his son, a renowned surgeon, perform the operation. As he was about to get the anesthesia, he asked to speak to his son. "Yes, Dad , what is it?" "Don't be nervous, son; do your best, and just remember, if it doesn't go well, if something happens to me, your mother is going to come and live with you and your wife...." Funny, isn't it?  Perhaps what makes it  must  funny is we know that caring for another human being, no strings  attached , is not easy but is our  responsibility .

A woman with nasty disposition was operated on for gallstones.   One day the doctor met her husband on the street.   He seemed worried. “What troubles you?” the doctor asked.   “The operation was very successful.” “For me hardly so,” the man sadly replied.   “The stone are gone but the gall remains.” No science can make everything right in our lives.   Medicines do not save us.   Operations do not change us.   Only the willingness to change can change us.