“To see the miraculous in the ordinary is a more precious gift than prophecy”
Quote from the book “The Covenant of Water” by Abraham Verghese
And afterward,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your old men will dream dreams,
your young men will see visions.
Joel 2:28 (NIV)
At this time of commencement for so many, there are the large questions of “what next?”. This is a critical question for the healing professions. We have had significant disruptions with the pandemic. What have we learned? Are the answers found in other disciplines? Are there new visions?
Abraham Verghese felt the weight of the pandemic and finished his book, “The Covenant of Water. It is a beautiful book that asks these hard questions. Like his previous epic novel, there are haunting sculptures, that capture the tension in our lives of what separates us and what connects us.
The reader is left to ponder these questions. For me, the answers are found in the young, the new graduates, the new residents. They will find new answers to the suffering in the world. They will have new questions. Some may find wisdom in the ancient responses.
Thanks for the promise of new healing visions.
Marvin
References
Verghese, Abraham. The Covenant of Water (Oprah's Book Club) (p. 258). Grove Atlantic. Kindle Edition.
Hage, M. L. (2013). “Seeing the Elephant”.
http://healingagents.blogspot.com/2013/02/seeing-elephant.html
Hage, M. L. (2012). Rx Ubuntu.
http://healingagents.blogspot.com/2012/04/rx-ubuntu.html
Hage, M. L. (2020). M & M - “Who’s Presenting?”.
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