Injustice and indebtedness

Rocio 2022-02-12 08:02:13

Saving someone's life feels a lot like falling in love, it's a panacea.
In the next few days or weeks, you walk on the street and feel like you are almighty.
For a few weeks, I seemed to be flying in the clouds, everything around me was flying into the air, my feet were thundering, my pockets were overflowing with flowers, I guessed that I was immortal, and it seemed that I was saving my own life.
God acts by your hand, why deny it? At that moment, why deny that moment?
You are God.
Success is appreciated, but failure is plain. When things don't go well, it is important to resolve the blame. "The elevator is broken", "The intubation can't be inserted", "I should call in sick"...No one wants to play the role of Yama.

The street is not like an emergency room, there are no walls and no control.
For this reason, they taught me to act intuitively without thinking, like a soldier who can disassemble and assemble guns blindfolded. Those trainings only worked in less than 10% of the tasks, and fewer lives were saved.
After a while, I began to understand that my role was not a lifesaver, but a witness.
I'm just a mop that erases sorrow, I just need to show up.

I wash my face with three kinds of soaps, and
each smell is like a season.
I think I seem to have improved,
as if I saved someone, although I don't know who saved it.

This city, if you are not strong enough, you will be destroyed by it.
This city treats everyone equally, and no one is spared.
We are all dying...

We are sharks, and we will die if we stagnate.

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Extended Reading
  • Ken 2022-03-26 09:01:07

    The night scenes of New York under Martin's lens are always fascinating.

  • Candace 2022-04-20 09:01:54

    8/10. Wine, water, blood, and hallucinogens represent the holy relics of God’s activities in the material world. Hospitals refer to overcrowded sanctuaries. Homeless people beg for holy water. Black madmen bang their heads against glass to splatter blood to atone for their sins. The ambulance, the virgin pregnancy and the jumper were stabbed by the pointed guardrail and the chainsaw collided with hellfire. The protagonist experienced the test of death/drunk driving overturned and the hooligan who did good/saved the baseball smashed car to find the hope of salvation.

Bringing Out the Dead quotes

  • Frank Pierce: We have rules against killing people on the streets, okay. It looks bad. There's a special room in the hospital for terminating. A nice quiet room with a big bed.

    Noel: You mean that? Why, thank you, man. Wait a minute, how? How are you gonna kill be?

    Frank Pierce: Well you have a choice: pills, injection, or gas.

    Noel: Pills, definitely pills.

  • Marcus: Dear Lord, here I am again aksing one mo' chance for a sinner. Please Lord, bring back I. B. Bangin', Lord. You have the power, Jesus. You have the might. You have the super light to spare this worthless man.

    [I. B. Bangin' sits up]

    Marcus: Rise up, I. B. Bangin' and start your life anew! Lord, O thank you, Lord.

    I.B. Bangin': What happened?