As I always do on Tuesday nights, I tuned into the most incredibly shocking show on television, Nip/Tuck. And as it always is, it was shocking. Usually it is Dr. Christian Troy who says something in the episode that sticks with me. He tends to say the most ridiculous, pompous, hilarious things you could ever think a filthy rich doctor would say, and I love it. The show continues to top itself with jaw dropping, "oh my god they actually did that", type of scenes. Here are some examples for those of you who have never scene the show; they showed a girl get hit by a bus last week, a character suffocated her burn victim mom...but it wasn't her mom, various sexual acts that make you wonder how the show hasn't been fined by the FCC yet, and the list could go on forever but I'll stop there.
Tonight's episode didn't stick with me like it usually does. Yes, there were some "oh my god" moments on the show, but the most interesting line in the show wasn't delivered by Dr. Christian Troy but by his much less arrogant partner Dr. Sean McNamara. The show was about their anistigiologist and trying to find her a kidney donor. McNamara was tested and lied about being a match for the operation, but in the end came around and when asked why he came around his response was "I made a list of people I would give a kidney to and it was pretty short, then I made a list of people that would give me a kidney and that list was even shorter".
I thought what if I made those respective lists and who would be on them. It's a very interesting exercise, try it...Go ahead...I'll wait...[elevator music]...Ok ready to continue? I wonder what your list looks like but I feel mine look similar to the lists' of Dr. McNamara. They look similar in the way that I believe that many people who I would give a kidney to wouldn't give one to me. If this conclusion of mine is true (and we'll hopefully never need to know if it is or not) there are several conclusions I can make about who I am now and who I have been in the past. These conclusions can either stand alone or be combined in any way; I am too generous of a person, I have lots of friends but not a lot of great friends, I haven't made the impacts on peoples lives I would have hoped I could have to this point, I value friendship more than others, I think of the rights and feelings of others rather than my own, I'm not that great of a friend, I need to be a better person.
I don't know what the proper order of the previous descriptions of my list is, but what I do know is the concept of donating kidney to a loved one or a close friend is intriguing. So I present the following questions to you, as I will ask myself as well.
Who would you give a kidney to?
Who would give you a kidney?
Is either one of these numbers too low or too high?
Is there a change in your life you can make to put more names on the list of people who would give a kidney to you? (It is more a list of who considers you a true friend or loved one...And isn't that what were all here for anyway?)
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