02/04/2025
**"Judging Without Knowing Leads to Regret"**
The doctor was suddenly called for an emergency surgery and was rushing to the hospital. He handled the phone call as professionally as possible, quickly changed into his medical attire, and was heading to the operating room. On the corridor, he encountered a man who was anxiously waiting for his arrival.
"How could you take so long to get here? Can't you see my child's life is in danger? Don't you have a conscience?" the man shouted at the doctor.
The doctor smiled slightly and said,
"I’m sorry, I wasn’t at the hospital. As soon as I received the call, I came as fast as I could. Now, if you calm down, I’ll do my best to help."
But the man retorted,
"Calm down? If it were your child, would you be calm? What would you do if your child were dying?"
The doctor smiled again and replied,
"God’s will be done. A doctor cannot prolong, end, or replace life, but we do our best. With God’s will, your child will recover. Just stay calm."
The man then said,
"It’s easy to give advice when you’re not the one suffering."
The surgery took several hours and was completed successfully. The doctor, with a sense of relief, rushed out of the operating room.
To the father, he said,
"Thank God, your child has recovered. If you have any questions, you can ask the other doctors." And with that, the doctor continued on his way.
The father wondered,
"Why is the doctor so emotional and rushed? Couldn’t he spare a minute to explain my child’s condition?"
A nurse who overheard this, with tears in her eyes, said,
"Yesterday, the doctor’s child died in a car accident. When we called him for your child’s surgery, he was at his child’s funeral. Now, he saved your child’s life and rushed back to finish his own child’s burial."
The father, recalling the doctor’s smile from hours earlier, broke down in tears. The sorrow of regret.
**"Do not rush to judge someone without knowing their situation."**
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