Giving blood every three months is something I enjoy doing. It isn’t that I enjoy being stuck with the needle or even the snacks afterward. (–especially since they don’t give Fig Newtons any more. I threatened to quit donating when that happened.) I have a higher purpose in mind.
I will never forget the phone call from the hospital on June 4, 1978. The nurse wanted to know what my blood type was because my mother was in surgery at the time. The doctor had accidentally severed a main artery and she was bleeding profusely. Fortunately I knew my blood type was O+, the same as hers. I rushed to the hospital and lay there having my blood taken. They immediately took it to the operating room where my mother received it.
The process has improved in our day. No one would go into surgery without an adequate supply of blood close at hand. Blood is donated on a regular basis and banked for future use.
I had time to think while lying there today. Parenting is a perfect example of giving your “life blood” for a higher purpose. The questions might be, “Am I willing to give? Do I give a trickle? Do I give late? Do I prepare ahead and have enough to give?” It takes forethought to be a conscious and giving parent.
A conscious and giving parent would “bank for the future” of their children, preparing ahead of time to be the kind of parent their child will need. When an extra supply of love, patience, courage, or humor are needed, the supply is ready and available. Knowledge and experience are the only ways to know for sure if you qualify. However, the choice is yours to prepare for the unpredictable need for a life-saving transfusion at any moment. Fortunately, it is something you can choose to do and get better at it with practice.
Choose to coach yourself more effectively in one area; such as, “I will focus on listening to what my child is saying instead of thinking what I am going to say next.” Now that is “blood in the bank.”
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