Here is life

We spend a lot of time waiting in the hospital, and have much time to gaze at the paintings and signage around the place (yes that's the "busy" life of a medical student). I saw this one in the wards and thought I must remember to take a photo of this! And so I did, during one early morning ward round, many months later.

Every ward needs something like this to help us see another side of being in hospital, or even working and studying in the hospital. I don't know who KJC is, but thank you for your beautiful words!

Here is life

Life is not on hold,

put aside until you get home,

Living happens here.

Here you will see a fullness of being human

that you may not notice when you are well and busy in the everyday.

But here in this place you will see...

• beauty in the face of a woman who has seen ninety-three summers
• courage in the determination of a man who must learn to walk again
• kindness from a lifelong partner and from a complete stranger

While you are here experience the deepness of being human

really human

and take home joy from that discovery

KJC 2009