The Day of Rest

[nazarethson]

You know? There's nothing better than a Sunday morning in spring. A bagel, a latte, and you're set. Or, you know, the breakfast food of your choice

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[pixie_viscera]

Do you like daisies, hmmm?

[nazarethson]

I do, very much. Do you?

[pixie_viscera]

*nods, holding forth a slightly crumpled bouquet*

Looked like you do.

[nazarethson]

Thank you, dear heart.

What can I give you?

[the_calcium_tm]

*breathes deeply* I live for days like this.

[i_hear_a_voice]

Days like this...I can almost forget all my problems.

It's finally a good time to plant flowers, that's what I've been doing all day.

A nice change from studying all day.

[nazarethson]

It's the little things that make it worthwhile, really.

[john_carter_md]

Hope. Such an illusive concept.

But a day like today, gorgeous. Not that I'd know. I can only see a little through the windows.

It's hot in here, at the hopital where I work. Where people die every day.

It's probably not entirely fair, but can I ask you a quesion, Jesus? Why do good people have to suffer? Sometimes horribly. Often through no fault of their own.

I lost a little girl today. She was sixteen. Just got her driver's license. Witnesses say the other car ran the red light. She was killed instantly. Her mother is in critical. She probably won't make it. Even if she does...

It's just such a waste. Such a waste.

[nazarethson]

At the hospital, do you ever save lives? Do you save more than you lose?

Very little actually makes sense, John, when you look at it closely enough. And that's the problem--you're too close to the situation. I could give you the whole "some people are angels-in-disguise" spiel, but somehow I don't think you'd buy it. Even if it is true.

There's a Plan, John. You may not be able to see it sometimes, but it's there. I know it sounds like a cop-out, but it's the truth.

[john_carter_md]

Believe it or not, I do believe the some-people-are-angels-in-disguise crap. I've experienced it a time or two. It happens a lot in the hospital, if you pay attention.

More lives are saved or improved tha lot. I know the losses are inevitable. Death is part of life. Usually itdoesn't bother me so much.

But then there's days like this. Shit happens. I know. And there isn't always a reason, at least not one that's for us to know. But it just seems so unfair when a life is cut short, another ruined no matter how you look at it.

I'm just in a pessimistic mood tonight. I didn't mean to go off on you or spam your journal with my burdens. It's just kind of...I don't know, cooky maybe, that Jesus has a journal.

[nazarethson]

I understand what you mean about the bad days. We all have them. And lest you think I'm too far removed from the situations--I spent the majority of my afternoon sitting with a woman with terminal cancer. She is so skeletal, I probably could have broken her spine with my own bare hands.

But you've got to believe, John, that it's part of the design of things. Without faith in something, you'll just drive yourself nuts.

And don't worry, you're not spamming. That's what I'm here for. Be more accessible and a little less ineffable.

[craig_p]

I've never liked eating breakfast, but that could be because I can't stand eggs.

I am clinging to hope like something clinging to hope.

[nazarethson]

Eggs have never been my favorite, either. Though, let me tell you? Bacon was a revelation. Still, nothing beats coffee and a bagel.

How are you enjoying being female?

[craig_p]

Oh, don't get me started on bacon. I was forced to eat it way too often as a child. You know how things are growing up in New Zealand. Agricultural society and all that.

If you would have asked that directly after The Incident, I would have said that I was in abject misery. However...I'm beginning to appreciate seeing things from the other side of the garden if you get my meaning.

[nazarethson]

See, I never had it as a child. Or an adult. You know, the whole Jewish thing. But man, do I love bacon.

And you know, I've always liked a man woman person who could look on the bright side of things.

Tell me, do you karaoke?

[jon_r_meyers]

There is one thing better - the same day and setting, only near a beach. Watching the waves rush to shore...

Perfect.