Was in a city the other day which had a major disruption due to a person threatening to jump from a tall building. Multiple police cars, 2 fire trucks, 2 ambulance, streets cordoned off…
I heard someone say that that’s a lot of effort to go to for someone who wants to jump.
And rightly so – a life is precious.
Reminds me of the frightened man huddling with a shotgun on a city street described so well by Mitch Albom in Have a Little Faith. That particular man went to lead an amazing life, focused on others and caring for those forgotten by the system.
You just never can tell, can you?
This amazing person is a former refugee from an uncredibly horrible situation, she single handedly brought up her now 19 YO daughter 8 or 9 nears in refugee canps, she has spent all her life giving, she has hardly any money, she spends a lot of her spare time at aged care nursing home working for a pittance – she’s supposed to be just cooking, but she can’t help herself, so she tells the residents stories and helps them – she told us stories of neglect and sadness of the residents – she saved up some money bought some ingredients and cooked a lovely chocolate cake for the residents (they literally live for the days she works so that they get interesting and varied food) – she left it in the refrigerator and it was stolen by a member of staff overnight…
How passionate are you about your work, your life?
