Praying for a Stranger

As I sat in the waiting room yesterday the conversation with the women next to me went from home towns, kids and grandkids, to our cancer journeys.  At some point, she said what we all have felt at times in life, “I didn’t think I’d ever have to go through something like this.”  She talked about her struggles, fears, and I listened, for I knew exactly how she felt – there is no distance between souls.  Whatever our journeys we all are 

indivisible connected by our humanity and search for purpose and wholeness.  A nurse called “William Baun”; I stood, said good luck and as I walked away found myself praying for a stranger, for there is no distance between souls.