On Sunday, I'm out here and walking down the line of waiting cars.

And I see a particular pod of nurses who have all become friends and all work together,

in part because they all like to sing.

It's great to watch people driving through react to it.

People tell us they're looking forward to their second dose, because it's kind of fun

just to actually be here.

It amazes me.

But the nurses actually like to dance up and down the line.

Even working in the rain, you can see the joy on their faces.

We have very few absences.

The workforce out here has become exceptionally tight.

This is the first nursing job they've ever had.

And I can see many of them love it, just like I did, from the very first day.

Many of us have heard the stories of very real challenges, healthcare workers about

to face this last year.

You may even be one yourself.

But for Wayne Little, the pandemic reaffirmed his devotion to nursing and brought some of

the most profound and the most joyful moments of his professional life.

As a top nursing administrator at UC San Francisco, Wayne is a lead at the Mass COVID vaccination

site at the City College of San Francisco, where they were administered over 100,000 doses

to date.

In this episode of Meditative Story, Wayne shares an intimate reflection on his calling

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