Twenty
My current ejection fraction. When assessing a heart's ability to perform cardiologists use the EF to determine what percentage of blood in the left ventricle is being pushed out with each heartbeat. Anything below 40 gets categorized as heart failure.
Tired
My current state of being. Even when a person loves what they are doing with their time and who they are doing that time with, a busy and mentally-stimulating schedule can lead to fatigue. Nine hours of solid sleep a night is normal for a toddler.
Trust
My current mantra. It can be hard for a person to put faith and hope in those who are meant to help, like doctors and pilots and sixth graders, even when that person can understand what the others are doing. It can be even harder for a person to put faith and hope in those who are meant to help, like God and Jesus and the Spirit, when that person realizes they will never understand what the others are doing.
Transplant
My current fear. When a heart reaches a certain level of damage there is a chance that--even with the assistance of medication and technology and healthy eating and exercise--it won't be able to properly function again. So a new healthy heart is needed to replace the one that is failing.
Today
My current goal. The present twenty-four hour time frame gives people a reference to where they are in history. It is issued a date that cycles in a twelve-month calendar in relation to the sun and the seasons. It is not the past (yesterday) or the present (tomorrow). It is the now. And it is what you get to enjoy.
Truth.
Caitlin,
ReplyDeleteWhere words are usually my greatest tool, it is here that I realize their futility.
There is not a single word (nor a multitude placed together) that could actually change a thing. I lack the ability to express this emotion. There has been a lack of communication between myself and the big guy upstairs, that stopped now. I am not one to ask for things. However, when reading this I fell to the foot of the cross and lifted you, my sister, up in prayer. There is no way of counting the number of people that I have been a positive influence for, but it pails in comparison to your light.
For each and every person that I have ever been able to help, is directly related to your own light shining in my life at that crucial time.
Thank you for sharing... I have not much more to offer than words and a friendly shoulder should it be requested, and I suppose that sushi lunch that I owe you.
With My Love,
Richard