A real Bionic man

I meet another soldier last night...
Some call it a full house or even a royal flush but he has it...

He is extra special man living on borrowed time...I am sure he asks everyday that he wakes up "why me?"... You see he has a broken heart. and Pancreatic cancer...
He lives each day with a machine that has been implanted in his abdomen that actually helps to pump his heart. Without it he would die. It has electric cords that leave his chest and hook up to a battery pack that has to be changed every four hours and at night he is plugged into a wall. A laptop is used at the hospital to monitor it's function. He started with heart failure then was on a list for a transplant and they put this in to buy him time for that heart....Then he was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer... So now he has a bag that dumps from his body that we empty every shift and battery pack that never leaves him. Yet he lives. Oh yeah and he has diabetes...

His 10 fingers are bruised and look like pin cushions. He has to count every morsel he puts in his mouth. He can't drink or smoke or even indulge in chocolate... The things that most of us able bodied souls use to cope with our blessed life... and yet he sits quietly and smiles graciously and watches the news...
He has been chosen for this nasty battle. Why I am not sure why him...God has deemed him worthy to teach us...
He strength and spirit teaches us to mind our manners...
He teaches us not to complain, things could be worse. He teaches us that time and life are precious. Yet he doesn't have to say a word.
Some are blind to his teachings, they are sorry for him and move on as if they didn't see a thing. I met him and still marvel at his story. I refuse to be blind to these silent hero's of Gods light. My heart cries for him but also rejoices that I saw it and can only pray that more see his teachings so less have to suffer... so we get it.

Why do we need these people to suffer so that others may see... Cuz we are slow and dumb. It isn't until after we see tragedy do we look up and wonder... It is after great adversity that we start foundations and run marathons... It is only after we loose a loved one that we open our hearts for a cause. It is only after we fall down and suffer do we look for God. We blame him and scream He's not fair....Yet we quickly forget to thank him for our health, and our loved ones and our joys...for the perfect days? Our talents and blessings are easily forgotten...we all have gifts yet we forget to say thank you...we just complain when our toys are taken away...
Look for these soldiers so that thier suffering is not wasted. Honor them and learn so fewer will suffer... Pay attention...