Caring nurses

 I received a comment about a recent article, which I published on the blog. The person posting the comment is "Anonymous," but their identity is not hard to narrow down. Whoever it is seems quite bitter about the article, and calls me a snake and a little puppet without a single thought of my own. I don't know how I can be both... a "snake" is presumed to act intentionally in a deceitful, underhanded or backstabbing way; but a puppet without a single thought of its own would have no intention.

Other than this evident confusion, the comment is reasonably well written, which makes me think the person who posted it may be educated, perhaps a professional of some sort (like maybe a nurse). The commenter seems to accuse me of slandering either him/herself or some other person he/she is defending as a "caring nurse" from whom I may someday need help.

If various pictures I have recently posted (e.g., here, here, here) show what is meant by "help" then I definitely don't want it, for myself or for any other human being!

Since this commenter said he/she would pray for me (the promised "prayer" sure reads like a covert curse, but never mind), I'll offer a couple bits of biblical perspective on whatever help I may someday need:

Give us help from trouble, for the help of man is useless. Psalm 60:11.

My help comes from the LORD, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:2. 

It's totally amazing to me that people who produce such terrible results while claiming to be in a "helping profession," and who say they only intend to "help" when they clearly harm others every day, can live with themselves at all, let alone presume to judge others' actions. I am happy when people sometimes say I have helped them, although I never promise to do so or claim that I have done so. Help is only in the eye of the receiver. Trying to authoritatively declare some medical or health care "specialty" of help is ridiculous and insulting to human dignity. Believing that help can be forced on a person is the root of most evil.

This is potentially a conversation that I would love to have with the person who posted the comment about my article mentioning Nurse Cecily and Nurse Anita, and others at Kiley snake pit. I might find out I am misestimating them, and I might apologize and retract things I have written. Help is always negotiated.

But people with guilty consciences have to remain anonymous.