The blood pressure monitor on Wednesday night went off at half hour intervals. However it did not beep as it had in the day time. That had been to alert me to relax my arm. Of course at night one should be relaxed anyway. I would have slept even better but I as curious to see what my blood pressure was like in the early morning. The beep started up again at 7.15 a.m. but I didn't let it stop me enjoying a lie-in. I was not due at the hospital until 11a.m. The monitor was taken off me and I was told it would be sent to the consultant and I would hear at some point what he or she thought about it. By the time I reached home, despite all my talk of trusting in God I was beginning to get in a slight tizzy wonder if anything major was wrong. This is how we humans react and it is silly to think I can escape those thoughts. So if you trust in God don't be surprised if you have worrying thoughts too, and don't feel guilty about it either.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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