My beating heart
This past Sunday my family put together a party in order to celebrate my graduation. After the party ended a few of my siblings came over to my apartment in order to fix my wireless Internet problems. Theresa worked at it for hours, while I served tea and made small talk. She wasn’t able to fix the problem after hours of work and explained she would need to leave for now. My sister had just devoted her entire weekend to planning and putting together a party in my honor and she appeared exhausted, so I decided she had clearly earned the right to leave.
Me: “Okay, don’t worry about it… I’m sure we can get to it later. Thank you for trying so hard. I guess I can live without Internet for a second or two…”
My brother, Alex, jumped in just then.
Alex: “Are you sure it is okay? I thought you said earlier that it was causing you heart attacks. That sounds serious.”
Me: “Oh, well, it was causing me heart attacks… but I guess I can get by…”
Alex: “Are you sure? I mean, even one heart attack sounds serious. But you said you had several.”
Me: “Yes, I know… but maybe I exaggerated a little bit…”
Alex ended up staying after Theresa left and worked on the problem for another few hours. He wasn’t able to fix it but I appreciated the effort. I left my apartment to run up to the store and when I returned my new roommate, H, had a message for me. Apparently she had taken over while I was away and had devoted her night to tackling the problem. My new roommate was a stranger when she moved in but she is clearly on the right track to winning my heart.
As I sit in my apartment now I can’t help but feel quite lucky. I don’t have reliable Internet here, not yet, but I have so many people in my life that will go out of their way to help me. This is no small thing. I am fortunate. And even if reliable Internet never reaches me, I'll still have people around me who will step in and care.
Me: “Okay, don’t worry about it… I’m sure we can get to it later. Thank you for trying so hard. I guess I can live without Internet for a second or two…”
My brother, Alex, jumped in just then.
Alex: “Are you sure it is okay? I thought you said earlier that it was causing you heart attacks. That sounds serious.”
Me: “Oh, well, it was causing me heart attacks… but I guess I can get by…”
Alex: “Are you sure? I mean, even one heart attack sounds serious. But you said you had several.”
Me: “Yes, I know… but maybe I exaggerated a little bit…”
Alex ended up staying after Theresa left and worked on the problem for another few hours. He wasn’t able to fix it but I appreciated the effort. I left my apartment to run up to the store and when I returned my new roommate, H, had a message for me. Apparently she had taken over while I was away and had devoted her night to tackling the problem. My new roommate was a stranger when she moved in but she is clearly on the right track to winning my heart.
As I sit in my apartment now I can’t help but feel quite lucky. I don’t have reliable Internet here, not yet, but I have so many people in my life that will go out of their way to help me. This is no small thing. I am fortunate. And even if reliable Internet never reaches me, I'll still have people around me who will step in and care.
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