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Saturday, September 23, 2006

messy

I've been watching a lot of Grey's Anatomy lately. Joyce sent me a bunch of episodes over the mail and I've been going through the past 2 seasons. It's really an awesome show. I was first drawn by the cool medical cases they had. The first episode I saw was last year when they showed two people stuck together with a pole and they had to choose one to live and one to die. There are some very interesting medical cases such as the pregnant man, the guy with the overy, the bomb in a body cavity, etc. And there are also relationships and characters that are being developed on the show as well. I like how there is a theme to each show, and that the medical cases and the relationships all revolve around that theme. It teaches me a lot about life. The show really relates to me because I am like that - I reflect on my situation and my surroundings to find truth. I find analogies to situations that help me learn. It was an analogy that led me into podiatry.

The biggest lesson I've learned from Grey's Anatomy is that Life is Messy. It never really goes according to plan. You may think that you are in control of everything and everything may seem stable to you. But then one event happens and it shatters your world. You may be independent and determined to accomplish your goals. But then someone comes into your life and makes your heart all crazy and changes the way you act, the way you think, the way you feel. You never know when someone will come into your life to make that impact. And that same someone can be in your life one minute, and the next minute they could be gone, without any warning. Life is Messy.

Yet although life is messy for these interns, they are always there for each other. They have others to depend on. They have family. Being a part of a family gets us through the messiness of life. I praise God that I am part of his family. Wherever I may go, there will be a "distant relatives" and "long lost brothers and sisters" of my family to meet and grow with. No matter how messy my life gets, I'll have a family.

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
~1 John 3:1

1 Comments:

  • I like House too.. the cases are really wild too! Even tho they're both medical shows tho, they're very different. House has more to do with medicine - they make it a mystery what the patient has. I was first attracted to Grey's from the medicine standpoint, but as I watched more I realized it was there was a lot more going on than just the medicine - a lot of stuff on life and relatioships. Both good shows tho in their own way :)

    By Blogger sy, at 9/25/2006 11:04 PM  

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