Today I met someone...

that really changed my perspective on the way I view life. The day was proceeding normally, and everyone was busy with different patients, cleaning up rooms, or assisting the dentist. When this African American woman walked into the clinic, I escorted her to one of the rooms to sit down in the dental chair, and she just started to tear up. After many questions, I realized that this woman had been through a lot and could not hold in her tears. She told me that she had recently lost her daughter in a car accident and her husband to a bullet. I was completely surprised and did not know how to respond to such a tragic incident. What was I suppose to say? How was I suppose to respond? She had lost everything that was important to her, and I did my best to console her. Thinking back, I learned a great deal of compassion and sympathy for someone I never even knew. Life is too short to divide our love for anything other than God or our family.

 -Duc Lam