Today I visited my grandfather at one of many Warsaw's hospitals. It has been some time since I was in a hospital at all but I still hate going there even as a visitor. I know those are places where people get healed and stuff but there is just something in them that makes me want to leave as soon as I enter. For me there are two main factors that trigger that reaction in my case. First is the appearance of a hospitals themselves and don't get me wrong. I know that there is big effort to modernise them and make them look better but for now most of them doesn't look like a place you would like to be in. The second thing for me is atmosphere. It's just so overwhelming and tense that it makes me feel really uncomfortable. Especially on the ward with old people. It makes me very sad to see some of them without any hope and just sadly laying in beds with no vision of better tomorrow. I don't know if all people feel likewise but I though it is kind of interesting that the place we go to to take care of our health can be a place we fear and avoid so much.
Sports have been with us pretty much since the begining of our civilization but now became bigger than ever before. Nowdays we can watch a game of football for example that is being played tousands of kilometers away. That's amazing because we are able to expirience sports like never until now and that's cool. But to me what is cooler is the phenomenon of cheering for sombody or some team. I think it is special because we don't know those people in person, we don't know who they really are like but still, we take time out of our day to spend it watching them compete with others. This is in my opinion the true magic of sports. Not the competition or the fact that you can win something etc. But the fact that it truly unites people from all countries, parts of the globe, from different cultures and religions. It just doesn't have any boundaries and that is what makes it so magical and special.
It's not surprising that we feel bad in hospitals. Take into account the amount of pain, suffering, fear and other negative emotions that these places accumulate.There is no way they can be pleasant, even if modernised. And there are people who have to work there.
OdpowiedzUsuńYes, hospital is a place full of suffering, but we should look for a hope of recovery here, rather than pain or near death. It's easy for me to say, but what else can we do to make us feel more comfortable there?
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