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 ER at Grady Memorial Hospital churns with a unyielding stream of victims. The air is thick with the aroma of cleanliness and the cacophony of doctors rushing back, their faces a mix of urgency. A man with a concussion whimpers softly as a nurse sets up his treatment. A frail senior coughs weakly while awaiting her chance at a station. The