THE SACRED JOURNEY: PILGRIMAGE AS TRANSFORMATION

{Throughout history, pilgrimage has been a deeply personal/sacred/transformative experience for countless individuals. Drawn by faith/a calling/an undeniable yearning, people from diverse/various/all walks of life embark on physically demanding/spiritual/symbolic journeys to holy sites/places of power/locations imbued with meaning. These pilgrimag

The Emergency Room at Grady Memorial Hospital churns with a unyielding stream of patients. The air is thick with the reek of cleanliness and the noise of nurses rushing forth, their expressions a mix of anxiety. A man with a concussion whimpers softly as a technician administers his care. A helpless patient gasps for air while awaiting her turn