It's Just Your Container!

Few days ago, I was doing the daily round. I entered the room of one of the patients in my team. This gentleman had some new acute problems that made him not feeling very well.

So I entered the room, as I did every day. This time I noticed a strange sign beside the bed. It was hand written, and reads:

"Don't Panic! It's just your container!"

Although I don't like to intrude into other people personal details, I couldn't help it but to ask him what that sign meant.

I'm glad I asked, because that was a rare chance to hear a very inspiring story.

Basically my patient has a friend who has been through some serious health problems that she fortunately managed to go through. When that good friend came to visit my patient, she found him in a not-very-good shape. So she told him that the idea that helped her lot through her journey with disease, was that these diseases are only affecting our outer coating, the body: the container. As the spirit remains high, that's really what matters!

So that's the secret of the sign. It was a reminder. It's only the container that is not doing well. You are still the same from the inside.

Pretty inspiring I guess.
I'm so grateful for that gentleman and his great friend for giving me the permission to post this.
I will translate it to Arabic soon :)