Sometimes we are made realize that the ground we stand on is not very sure. A visit to a hospital brings that home. There we see people in different stages of pain and despair. And seeing that can cause fear to arise in us as we are reminded of our own weakness and limitations. All illness can remove the masks which we like to keep on when we are healthy. We like to show our strong side and our independence. We like to think that our value comes from what we achieve when we are strong. However we cannot always be strong. At times we fail. We let people down. Illness forces us to realize that basing all our worth on what we can achieve will ultimately let us down.
The world breaks everyone.
Afterward, some are stronger at the broken places.
Ernest Hemingway
