Work on my Soul Part 1

Every once in a while, you meet someone who shifts your outlook on the cosmos. Well in the past 24 hours I have met not 1, not 2, but many people who have had an influence on me, in ways that they may never know. Over the past few years, I have been following the works and lessons of Carolyn Myss and the work that she did on Teresa of Avila. Primarily "Entering the Castle" It is work on developing the Soul, and though it has been painful at times, it has paid dividends.
Yesterday I attended a talk given by Thomas Moore. Now I have to admit that I have not read any of his works, but intend to get hold of a copy of "Care of the Soul" and possibly more intriguing is the book entitled "Care of the Soul in Medicine". Listening to Thomas speak, I realised that what was missing in my working life as a nurse, was that freedom to look after people's Souls, once they entered hospital.
I recall one patient who was desperately ill, who was only 35 with a young family. He was petrified that if he fell asleep during the night he might die, and nobody would know because it was dark, so he kept himself awake all night, and I often found myself talking to him about his work as a blacksmith, and his wife and daughter, a longed for child who was conceived after years of marriage. And now here he was desperately ill and the doctors could not give him any reassurance that he would live to see his daughter start school, graduate, marry and all the other things we take for granted that we will watch our children do.
When I was back on day shift, I used to ask the cleaners to go around his room quietly as he was sleeping, only to hear "he should sleep during the night like everybody else!" How could I get across to them that he was frightened in case he died and nobody discovered him until it was too late. it finally came to a head when my "colleagues" reported me to the Ward Sister for not doing any work, because I was talking to him all night!!!
I was already training to be a McTimoney Chiropractor at this stage, with a massage and aromatherapy qualification under my belt, so I handed in my notice shortly after this.
When people now come to me, (often with bad backs, but not always), I have the time to listen to their life stories. How not being able to work because of their bad back has on their mental health, how they worry about the bills that keep coming in, how they cannot play with their children as they would like to, how they cannot go hill-walking as they would like. Gradually over the weeks of treatment, I hear how they are back at work, back playing football with the boys, and hill-walking again.I have such a privileged position as a McTimoney Chiropractor,each day brings me such joy.