Responsibilities
Was watching one of my favourite Hongkong TVB serial "Healing Hands III" again. Very meaningful. Make me think stuff in depth whenever i watched it. I wrote something in my previous blog the last time i watched it. Here's the extract....
Responsibilities... 10/01/06
Watching a hongkong serial "Healing Hands III". Meaningful tv serial talking about doctors, patients and their encounters...
The last episode was talking about responsibilities vs life & death. There was this loving elderly couple. Both of them are sick and admitted to hospital. One night, the wife tried to kill the husband by suffocating him. He did not die cos the doctors came to the rescue. What touches me was the reason why she wants to kill him. She is very sick and worried she might die before him. If she does, nobody will take care of the husband...
There was this mother and son. The son is paralysed. The mother has to take care of him physically as well as financially. She herself was diagnosed with cancer two years ago. The reason why she is hanging on is becos she needs to take care of the son...
Lastly, there was this mother who is a doctor, and her unborn baby who was diagnosed with down symdrome. The mother wanted to abort the baby initially. But decided to keep the baby after seeing the above two patients ...
Led me thinking about responsibilities vs life & death. Many a times we met with unfortunate events which saddled us with additional responsibilities. However, many a times it is also these responsibilities which give us a reason or courage to live. I thought of a friend who was unhappy with life. She told me she thought of commiting suicide but did not in the end cos if she dies, nobody will take care of her mother. It is this responsibility that gives her the courage to live. Everything happens for a reason. On one hand, unfortunate events happen cos it gives us a reason to live. However, on the other hand, if one's survival is due to the responsibility for another, wouldn't it be living life like a robot? Shouldn't we, as we were told, be living life passionately?
Responsibilities... 10/01/06
Watching a hongkong serial "Healing Hands III". Meaningful tv serial talking about doctors, patients and their encounters...
The last episode was talking about responsibilities vs life & death. There was this loving elderly couple. Both of them are sick and admitted to hospital. One night, the wife tried to kill the husband by suffocating him. He did not die cos the doctors came to the rescue. What touches me was the reason why she wants to kill him. She is very sick and worried she might die before him. If she does, nobody will take care of the husband...
There was this mother and son. The son is paralysed. The mother has to take care of him physically as well as financially. She herself was diagnosed with cancer two years ago. The reason why she is hanging on is becos she needs to take care of the son...
Lastly, there was this mother who is a doctor, and her unborn baby who was diagnosed with down symdrome. The mother wanted to abort the baby initially. But decided to keep the baby after seeing the above two patients ...
Led me thinking about responsibilities vs life & death. Many a times we met with unfortunate events which saddled us with additional responsibilities. However, many a times it is also these responsibilities which give us a reason or courage to live. I thought of a friend who was unhappy with life. She told me she thought of commiting suicide but did not in the end cos if she dies, nobody will take care of her mother. It is this responsibility that gives her the courage to live. Everything happens for a reason. On one hand, unfortunate events happen cos it gives us a reason to live. However, on the other hand, if one's survival is due to the responsibility for another, wouldn't it be living life like a robot? Shouldn't we, as we were told, be living life passionately?
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