Redemption of the Oath

On his medical school graduation day, he trembled before taking the Hippocratic Oath. Many years later, the shadowless light came on, and his hand holding the lancet paused - on the operating table was the person who pushed him down the stairs and ruined his entire youth. As the anesthetic gas filled the air, he remembered every word in the oath to "benefit the sick." The tip of the knife hung above his heart, and he finally understood: What really saved him was not forgetfulness, but the power given by this white robe to hold on to the bottom line even in the face of the abyss.