Thursday, June 30, 2022

‘I have nothing else to do'

Yesterday I was speaking to an elderly patient in a hospital oratory. I commented on how often I had seen him in the oratory and asked him to remember me in his prayers.

He replied: “I have nothing else to do”.

Will he ever know the impact those seven words had on me? I doubt it. Maybe I’m wrong. One way or another it doesn’t really matter.

Sensationally profound words at that moment and in that place.

Should I tell him? Probably not.

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