I wrote this during a 20 minute rest I had during a medical dental mission in my local church.


Utter chaos engulfs a local medical-dental mission. The supposed silence and sanctity of the church is shattered. It is hot, noisy, humid, the loud wailing of crying babies is buffered only be the even louder blare of the church speakers. It is a funny acoustic, crying babies and a constant chatter duetted by church songs and prayers. It is utter chaos.

At one corner doctors flog down their papers with ineligible prescriptions. Some wipe their sweat as they check patients blood pressures, as they listen to children's chest, as they feel peoples throats. Dentist on the other hand remove rotten teeth from patients who seem to hate brushing, from children who seem to have never seen a toothbrush. volunteers panic to find vitamins and medicine as patients flog to the counter. Every boy,girl, father, grandfather, mother, baby add a chord of irritating noise. It is utter chaos..

The foul smell of sweat strengthens. Patients grow in number. The old, the young, the sick, the healthy flock to avail of anything free. There are people who are not a sight to behold, thin and sick and disfigured. It is utter chaos...

But then I look around, I look into the sweat drenched faces of men and women. I look into the tired hands of men and women. I look into the weary eyes of men and women. Chaos is good. Chaos then is were heroes are born, were champions are made, were men become men and women mightier than men. For a doctor has canceled his appointments to sweat, to toil, to serve. The mild mannered dentist foregos an opportunity of money to sweat, to toil, to serve. The honest student sacrifices her studies to toil,to sweat, to serve. They have rendered more than service.

There is utter chaos...Yet in this scenario..Chaos is then good..