marked for life..

Each one of us,no matter who we are,has a desire to leave our mark on the this world.a footprint in the sands of time,something that will remain even when we are gone...
I cudn't help feeling that i was leaving markon this world on the day i went to give bcg injection to the new born children in the post partum ward.it stated pretty routinely with the nurse asking for a volunteer from us unwilling interns to come with her to the wards..we kept passing the buck and the buck finally stopped on me AH JUST MY LUCK!! i thought as we went to the wards.
BCG;bacilli of calmette and guerin is an intradermal injection,given over the upper part of left arm.an immunisation against tuberculosis,it leaves a scar.giving bcg is a tricky thing but once u get the hang of it ,it is pretty ok..almost routine..my mind tends to wander when i do routine work-and i thought---
' this is my glorious destiny,in these fleeting moments of immunisation,i will leave an indelible mark on these children.they will grow to become engineers,super models,politicians..but will always carry the bcg mark given by me.me!'
i wondered who gave me the bcg mark..
i wondered how hitler must have felt when he branded ppl with the swastik.

my thoughts flew ,and grew and all of a sudden i was no more just an intern doing my job ,but a life altering force, shaping the future of new borns!!