I've been going around the wards and meeting patients for five days now. I am so thankful to be given this opportunity to pursue this career because everyday I meet someone new, be it a staff member or patient, who inspires me and adds some of their flavour to my life. I love it.
Over the past five days, I have met people who had much regret in their life. Others knew what they wanted out of life, and lived in the pursuit of love, joy and contentment. Some were dying and saying goodbye. I have met mothers, fathers, daughters, husbands, grandparents.. but some people were all alone too. While illness pushed some people to frustration and anger, I learnt from a few others that accepting it will give you more time to make amends and live fully. Some people are kind, some are funny while others can be a bit grumpy, understandably. Being around them has also shown me, that we all end the same way, and that all life eventually comes to an end. I have learnt to realise early what I want out of life and to pursue it so that when my time comes, I can be someone who isn't afraid to leave this life behind.
People come in all shapes and sizes, with varied thoughts and ideas about what life really is all about. No two people are ever the same and yet.. we are all still more alike than we think. We may make different choices along the way, but at the end of the day, we all breathe, we all live, and we all learn. We may look different on the outside, but on the inside our hearts beat the same and our blood is the same colour. We are.. people.
However, in the busy-ness of life, I think that we so easily forget to appreciate that. We too easily forget to be curious about the stories of others (where appropriate), to be amazed by the courage of strangers, to be willing to learn new lessons and be inspired to become better people. I believe that the people we encounter every day have a sort of magic to them, fire in their soul and untapped potential. What a pity it would be, if I were to miss out on that. What a shame, to live and never realise that I live on the edge of the ordinary, and that if I were to only open my eyes and heart towards the world much bigger, I would see that everything is extraordinary, and that there is beauty all around me.
I don't ever want to treat my profession as just another job, and I definitely never want to forget that people are so, so beautiful. I hope that you never do either.
Cause, what IS life all about, if it isn't about people?
Love as always,
Dice
Over the past five days, I have met people who had much regret in their life. Others knew what they wanted out of life, and lived in the pursuit of love, joy and contentment. Some were dying and saying goodbye. I have met mothers, fathers, daughters, husbands, grandparents.. but some people were all alone too. While illness pushed some people to frustration and anger, I learnt from a few others that accepting it will give you more time to make amends and live fully. Some people are kind, some are funny while others can be a bit grumpy, understandably. Being around them has also shown me, that we all end the same way, and that all life eventually comes to an end. I have learnt to realise early what I want out of life and to pursue it so that when my time comes, I can be someone who isn't afraid to leave this life behind.
People come in all shapes and sizes, with varied thoughts and ideas about what life really is all about. No two people are ever the same and yet.. we are all still more alike than we think. We may make different choices along the way, but at the end of the day, we all breathe, we all live, and we all learn. We may look different on the outside, but on the inside our hearts beat the same and our blood is the same colour. We are.. people.
However, in the busy-ness of life, I think that we so easily forget to appreciate that. We too easily forget to be curious about the stories of others (where appropriate), to be amazed by the courage of strangers, to be willing to learn new lessons and be inspired to become better people. I believe that the people we encounter every day have a sort of magic to them, fire in their soul and untapped potential. What a pity it would be, if I were to miss out on that. What a shame, to live and never realise that I live on the edge of the ordinary, and that if I were to only open my eyes and heart towards the world much bigger, I would see that everything is extraordinary, and that there is beauty all around me.
I don't ever want to treat my profession as just another job, and I definitely never want to forget that people are so, so beautiful. I hope that you never do either.
Cause, what IS life all about, if it isn't about people?
Love as always,
Dice
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