Life with lemons and lemonade

Today, the world is divided to two groups of people: Those that inspires and those that leaves no speckle or tint in our lives. While we are at this junction, do people around you live to inspire or are tucked away in their ivory towers? 

I sat in clinic with Dr R. He is a humbled man who has worked his way up on the corporate ladder. He is funny and hilarious with interactions. He made each and everyone of his patients smile and laugh in some way. 

" I was born in Gary, IN. " He answered to my question. I gasped and pondered what his story-line would be like. He attended Catholic school and moved to Indianapolis for college. As a Jew, he was bullied and got into many fights with a classmate of his. He packed his bags, bought a one way ticket to Israel.

" I need to figure life out. "    

He did.

Israel kept him for 10 years. He met his wife of 26 years and together build a family with four wonderful children.

Today, chatting with Dr. R. who is the head of his department with a body filled with funny bones, I couldn't have imagined this amazing journey of his!

In his office, i kept starring at a picture of a very frail old lady knitting. The story goes: This lady lost her husband of 60 years and was sinking into depression. Dr R. knew she loves to knit and asked her to knit little hats for newborns. She sprung into action and knitted 1000 little hats. She grew cheerful each day embracing her new purpose in life. 

Dr. R informed her that the clinic cannot store her little hats as her rate of production exceed the rate of babies born in our hospital! The little frail old lady went home. The next visit to the hospital, she brought in a whole box of knitted baby blankets! ( That matches the hats! )

One day, the nurses brought our little old lady to the baby units and her heart swelled up with joy seeing all the blankets and hats providing warmth to the babies! She regained her sense of purpose in life. 

He saved her from the antidepressant pills.

Ah, i heart stories that actually warms the ticker. I've learnt a sense of Hope is a powerful gift.