tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106347035712297456.post6884914766724576296..comments2010-02-23T22:51:31.129-08:00The Grateful Rabbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05536479959222178672noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106347035712297456.post-16941409268513050642010-02-23T22:54:55.380-08:002010-02-23T22:54:55.380-08:00Your attitude seems caring and compassionate. Now, the prognosis for my father is quite uncertain, and likewise my mother. Utterly frail but relatively stable nonagenarians. Even a minor wound my father suffered recently is immediately life threatening. Or, they might live five more years if they are both lucky and obey doctor's orders. I imagine other people also have very uncertain futures, and I hope your training is to bear all that uncertainty in mind when you talk to people. I suspect that illness is terminal or not, depending not only the body, but also the will to live, their spirit. In that way ruach is what preserves the willingess to endure breathing above the water-on-the-lung. Do not discourage people from living if there may still be room for inspiration.-MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07732881377353062526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6106347035712297456.post-11357317821015168502010-02-23T22:51:31.129-08:002010-02-23T22:51:31.129-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.-MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07732881377353062526noreply@blogger.com