Perspective

This is going to be a short post because I've got a lot to study!

I was sitting here in a study room at school eating my lunch, and thinking about all of the things I have to get done before our renal midterm exam on Friday morning. While I was doing this, I was flipping around a few webpages online and I started reading about this new research in breast cancer that they're doing and a possible new treatment.

While I'm sure most people would definitely see this as a good thing, most people do not get as excited about this as I do. I was reading it and my mind started working about breast cancer in general--how it works, what goes wrong, how it's normally treated, patient symptoms, etc. While I was doing this, I had a moment that I've needed to have for the past several days. I've been so caught up worrying about getting everything studied, everything learned, and all of my committments fulfilled before break, that I was getting incredibly stressed out and and just hoping and praying for Christmas break. When I took the time to slow down and just learn something for "fun" not that had to be learned, I rediscovered why it is I'm here. I LOVE what I get to do. I'm completely fascinated by the human body, how it works, what happens when something goes wrong, how disease affects people, etc. That's why I'm here. I love what I'm doing and what I'm going to spend my life doing.

Anyone who has talked to me and had the misfortune :-) of bringing up anything remotely medical can tell you that it's nearly impossible to get me to stop talking after that! :) My brain starts turning and I just keep thinking of all the different things that are happening; while there's so much I don't know, I'm just wired to find this stuff interesting and with a desire to learn all of it!

I guess all of this is to say, that I just needed a little perspective and to step back and realize yet again how blessed I am to be doing something that is not only interesting to me, but is my passion. Yes, I have a lot to do. Yes, I'm stressed. Yes, I have to learn a lot in a short amount of time. Through all the stress, studying, assignments and tests, I still love this. I love that I'm here, I love what I'm learning and I'm so thankful that I have the capacity and opportunity to learn it all! Just thought I'd share... :)

“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”—Howard Thurman