try...try...try...
push yourself a little extra eachday
see what will come to be
~You have the power to donate life~
these words alone are powerful
this may be a strange post
but
here it goes anyways...
long ago when it was time for me to get my first drivers license
i was asked
"Do you want to be an organ donar?"
those words asked
really bothered me
scared me
all i could think about is
when i die...
i don't want people picking away at my body
its mine
well old thoughts die hard right
someone dear to me works as a nurse
a few years ago
she called me and told me a story
a person was dying
this person was an organ donar
the teams were ready to take action
waiting
this person took their last breath
and left this place
the teams quickly came in
carefully
gently
they began harvesting
THIS BOTHERED ME
it was at the moment she began telling me the stories
as these trained ones told her
his eyes were going to a little girl
his heart...
his kidneys...
and it was then that i cried
i cried at the beauty that remain when someone does pass away
what an honor they have bestowed to another
to help heal one you have never met
to know they may keep on living
because of a gift you could leave behind
i cried at the selfish thoughts i carried for so long
i cried at the thoughts of
what if it was one of my little ones or loved ones that i could have helped
but chose not too
it was in that moment
all my thoughts prior faded away
THIS DID NO LONGER BOTHER ME
THIS IS SOMETHING I WANTED TO DO
i know everyday we grow
what lead to my growth and desire to donate for life
was seeing two l♥ved one take their last breath and leave us
i cared for these two
i watch everday life slipping away
it was then i realized death was not scary
death is another part of our journey
what remain is a shell that has helped us along on way
in this place we call the living
it is not our soul
no one can take that away...it is with us always
living or not
i finally understood
maybe i needed to see
maybe i needed to hear those words
the stories told
all i know now
is
Your account has been successfully verified.
Thank you for making the decision to
give the gift of life through donation.
i am at peace within knowing when my day comes
though i shall be gone
i can leave a small token for another
to keep
living and l♥ving life
9 comments:
A beautiful and profound post, Faerwillow! Organ and tissue donation is the greatest gift anyone can give. I have a friend who received a heart transplant about 5 years ago and it literally created a miracle in her life.
Yes, wonderful post. My father got a kidney that saved his life, from my brother.
Lovely post, I have been on the organ donor register since I was 16,I'm 44 now, it is something I feel very stronly about.Your post sums up how many people think about it. Well done on makingthe decision to donate, and who knows your lovely post might encourage more people out there to do the same :)
I love this! This is something I never really thought of when I was younger but have thought about since. I'm going to be a donor when I renew my license.
I was nervous about saying "yes" when I was sixteen and getting my licence. But I've never regretted it. I give blood too, when I can (I have low Iron, so I can't always do it every other month.)
powerfully expressed ... a reminder to consider all the gifts we are capable of giving ... i hope others are stirred into action to check that box on their driver's licenses (and to talk to their families about this wish)
I'm on board as a donor as are my immediate relatives. I don't know anyone who has been a recipient of a donated organ, but I know it's the right decision to have made.
It is hard to think of it but I had known someone that received a liver and was able to continue with life. It is a wonderful gift.
This is a beautiful project to have done. What profound and inspiring understandings you have come to. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
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