Dr RK Behera
Principal, MGM College
Life often reveals its deepest truths in the quietest of places — the ICU, the Operation Theatre, and the cemetery. All three are realms of silence, yet within that silence, life speaks the loudest.
In the ICU, you see existence suspended between hope and helplessness. Machines hum, doctors hurry, and families wait outside with trembling hearts and whispered prayers. In those moments, wealth, power, and pride lose all meaning. What matters is a single breath — something we take for granted until it falters. The ICU teaches that life is fragile, borrowed, and sacred. Every heartbeat is a divine mercy, not a human right. In the Operation Theatre, the battle between life and death unfolds under bright lights and steady hands. Surgeons work with precision, nurses move with quiet urgency, and every second carries the weight of eternity. The OT reminds us that human skill can assist, but only divine grace sustains. Here, we see faith and science meet — and realize that every recovery is a miracle written by the unseen hand of God. In the cemetery, time stands still. The graves hold stories of love, ambition, and pain now silenced beneath the earth. Here, the noise of ego fades, and humility reigns. The cemetery reminds us that no matter how high we rise, we all return to the same dust. It calls us to live purposefully — before the final sunset closes our chapter.
Between the ICU, the Operation Theatre, and the cemetery lies the true essence of living: to love more, forgive freely, give generously, and walk humbly. Life’s worth is not measured by the years we spend, but by the hearts we touch and the goodness we leave behind. As the Bible says,
“Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” — Psalm 90:12
Let us, therefore, live wisely — cherishing every breath, valuing every soul, and using each day to make life truly meaningful. For when we understand the silence of the ICU, the struggle of the Operation Theatre, and the stillness of the cemetery, we finally begin to hear what life has been whispering all along.
