In God We Trust

Well, I don't. Being the opportunist that I am. I tend to use that supreme entity for my interests and inclinations. Passing an examination, getting out of tight situations and all such occasions invoked mighty prayers from the heart and the soul. At others, it was the same old nonchalance.

It was yesterday. A tired, lonely and overworked junior resident of the Department of Surgery was sleepily explaining to some relatives of a patient about the need for an operation and the formalities required. Suddenly, the daughter of the patient said: 'We trust you. We have given our father into your hands. In God we trust. For us, after Him, you are next'.

That was embarassing. I mumbled some nonsense about God and Doctors but that was inconsequential. Throughout the surgery, I was feeling sort of responsible for the old man and to his family. The surgery was uneventful (if you consider my sore neck and back as uneventful while assisting a surgeon two feet shorter than me!).

That incident proved something to me. That a feeling of trust and confidence, even if outwardly conveyed, binds you to what you are doing or trying. Maybe it also affects the outcome, but that is a different matter. Plus, it inculcates an added belief and purpose in you that you would not have thought existed.

I still am an opportunist. But I learnt something that day. I hope I'll remember it for the rest of my days and may everyone else be benefited by it...

Amen!