"I hadn't eaten for over 12 hours, and my hands were shaking,"
""Doctor," she said, "you need small strength to save people.""
"It sounds simple, but I'll never forget it. That biscuit tasted like hope. Her kindness reminded me that healing isn't only about medicine, it's about humanity,"
"As a psychiatrist, I've seen it over and over: People don't just heal in hospitals, they heal in human connections."
World Kindness Day falls on November 13 and was created in 1998 by a consortium of charities. Organizers recommend performing at least one intentional act of kindness. Kindness becomes especially important amid cruelty, war, and pervasive bad news. Some may question whether small acts of kindness matter, but such acts can carry significant meaning. In 2004, neuro-psychiatrist Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri worked a chaotic emergency-room night at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital with many accident victims. An elderly cleaner brought a biscuit and a sachet of water and said, "Doctor, you need small strength to save people." The biscuit tasted like hope, illustrating that healing involves human connection as well as medicine.
Read at www.npr.org
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