Rule No. 15: Pray before surgery.

This is my own ritual. I commend it to you. There’s a great freedom and relief that comes into the heart when you realize that you are not alone. God is always with you. God stands alongside me whenever I step up to the operating table. His hands guide mine. I make every cut, every move deeper into a human’s body but only with His blessing. Obviously, this does not make me infallible. This doesn’t mean that my mistakes are God’s fault. No, it just means that if I make them (and I will), I have the freedom to turn to God and ask Him to help me make it right, to grant me His pardon, to see into my heart and make me wiser so that I will never make such a mistake again. I promise to share the wisdom I acquired from my error so that others do not need to repeat unwittingly; that is how I prove to God that I wish to be worthy of His forgiveness.