It must have been the vast number
of afflicted children that I perpetually saw on theTV, or the cropping up of
several lethal diseases with no cure, that lead me to believe that I could
impact the world by being a doctor. It's been on my mind, it's been in my heart
since I was a little girl. As a kid, everything and anything seemed possible; I
mean anything is possible because as children, we are given a clean slate, an
empty page, we can write and shape our life story however we want to. Withal,
this is an immense task for a little boy or girl; therefore as much as we have
the ability to write and shape our own stories, weare incompetent of making
such ample decisions.
I am at a point in my life
where I can make my dream come true, and suddenly everything seems so real, not
so rainbows and unicorns any more. I frantically stare at my college schedule,
wondering if I will be able to pull it off. Nothing comes handed to us on a
silver platter; that I am aware of, it just never truly dawned on me what a
huge responsibility this would be. You know, as a child you never really think
about what it takes to achieve your dreams. In theory it sounds elementary, but
when you finally grow up and jolt back to reality, you realize it takes hard
work and determination in order to achieve what you want. This however does not
admonish my desire to be a doctor, because at the end of the day when I am able
to give hope to that family waiting for their sick child in the hospital, when
I can cure that sick child, it will all be worth it.
Since superman is incapable of
trading his cap and tights for a lab coat, since he can't abandon the flying
life for the stethoscope one, and since he's a mere figment of our imagination
unable to curb the non-fictional issues of our society, I turn to doctors to be
our saving grace.
