Rolling bandages. I've been watching an excellent tv show entitled Call the Midwife. It is the story of a group of midwives serving a poor town in England in the late 1950's. One of the characters is an older nun named Sister Monica Joan. She is in the throes of dimentia and struggling to find her place amongst the other midwives. Her purpose in life is no longer clearly defined and she is struggling both mentally and emotionally. Her aha moment comes when she realizes that she could still roll bandages as a way of contributing. Her face lights up when she announces her decision. Unfortunately, in the late 1950's bandages come already rolled. In a sweet act of kindness the other nurses are seen unrolling each prerolled bandage and Sister Monica Joan is shown sitting in the sun rolling bandages to her heart's content. It is easy in our youth to dream about purpose, in our early and middle adult years to be overwhelmed by purpose, but in our later years to struggle to find that purpose again. I hope to continue to find my "rolling bandages" moments as I continue on life's journey.
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