I was on my way to transfer a patient out of ICU when I heard a Code Blue [Adult Medical Emergency]...on ICU. I proceeded to get my equipment, hoping that the code was not the patient I needed to transfer. Fortunately it was not. It was one room over. As I introduced myself to my patient, we struck up casual conversation between him, his family, and myself. We talked about the Eagles, his condition, and so on. Even when I was just one thin wall away from a coding patient, I still didn't realize that we are all on the Brink.
The Brink is the line between life and death that no one can control.
We all forget about the Brink. It's not until a loved one is injured or dies that we think of it, or when the consequences are forced upon us by some thriller/action movie. But the Brink is more real than a movie, and more widespread than just our families...the Brink is upon us all.
We, as humans, have a fear of the unknown. Some try to hide it, but we all know it's there. If it weren't we wouldn't be...human. We all fear the Brink. The Brink is unknown.
When we turn to face the Brink, we have two decisions. Humanity is boiled down into two options: Purpose, or No Purpose? "There are two kinds of people in this world. Those that see signs, and those that see coincidence. The question is, which one are you?"-Mel Gibson, Signs.
If there is no purpose, we should all just kill ourselves now and end this game. However, if things happen for a reason, then we have something to search for; we have a reason to live. Many people have different ideas as to what purpose we're all living for. Those ideas are called religion. Religion is mankind striving for answers. For some, science is religion, for others it could be Buddhism, Catholicism, or Islam.
Mine is Christianity how the Bible describes it: Your soul belongs to Jesus or Hell. Jesus is the ONLY way to heaven, and one must accept the miraculous life, death, and burial of Jesus in order to receive his gift: answers.
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Remember, you exist in the Brink. Welcome to Security. Welcome to Jesus.
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