True Love

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly

gentleman in his 80s arrived to have stitches removed from

his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an

appointment at 9:00. I stood and watched his vital signs as he took

a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone

would be able to see him, I saw him looking at his watch.A nurse at the ward since was not busy with another patient, decided to

evaluate his wound. On examining it the nurse saw it was well

healed, so he talked to one of the doctors and got the needed

supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.While the nurse was

taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another

doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a

hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to

the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.I inquired

as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a

while! As she is a victim of Alzheimer's disease.As we

talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late.

He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had

not recognized him in five years now.

I was surprised and asked him, 'And you still go every

morning, even though she doesn't know who you

are?'He smiled as he patted my hand and said,

'She doesn't know me but I still know who she is.'

I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm

and thought, 'That is the kind of love I want in my

life. True love is neither physical nor romantic.True love

is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and

will not be.Peace is seeing a sunset and knowing who to

thank. The happiest people don't necessarily have the

best of everything; they just make the best of everything

they have.I hope you share this with someone you care

about, I just did. Life isn't about how to survive the

storm but how to dance in the rain.The road to success is

not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop

called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights

called Enemies, caution lights called Family. You will have

flats called Jobs.But, if you have a spare called

Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance

called Faith, a driver called Almighty God, you will make

it to a place called Success.