Auctions

Was driving out to Jessica's last week when I heard about an auction.It was equipment from a pain management office in Chattanooga.I love auctions and I love getting a good deal.At first I was all consumed with accessing the value of the equipment and figuring out what I could pay for it.I had these big plans for setting up an office.The bidding process was ongoing for three days. At the end of day two I was winning about 80% of the bids?On the final day the bidding went crazy and I came home with only one lot:a typewriter, a brief case ,two clocks,and an enormous bag of Halls cough drops all for $18.
Wednesday I went to pick up my bargains and in passing asked the auctioneer why the clinic closed.He said the doctor,in his early 40's had a mountain bike accident and was a quadriplegic .I asked if I could walk through the clinic.As I did I was taken with how nice and up to date everything was.How "comfortable" it must have been for his patients and what a tremendous loss for everyone.
One day you are on top of the world-active,wealthy,happy,making a difference,and in an instant your world changes.You can't dress ,bath, or feed yourself?You can't even breathe on your own.Your career is over..Surviving is about all you have the energy for and some days it is just too much.A year has passed and you can breathe without a ventilator and you can drive your wheelchair with your left arm.You can talk and laugh and smile now.
I started off looking for equipment and found something so much more valuable-inspiration from another human being.