Service with a Smile

I realized something today. The nursing and doctor staff at the LAC-USC Medical Center are very dedicated professionals who will treat you like a human being with all the care in the world if you take the time to treat them in kind.

My parents always have their paperwork prepared, their notes ready, and their questions at hand. They always say please and thank you, and they offer all the people who tend to them a smile, even when they don't feel like smiling.

The result is a caring, responsive attitude from all the staff they encounter. I believe that it is their attitude married with a lot of intercessory prayers from friends and family that open the right doors for my folks.

I think there's a lesson for all of us to learn here . . . which Jesus himself told us a long time ago . . . which Christendom calls the Golden Rule. My parents live it daily, and they reap the rewards.