It started out as a feeling, which then grew into a hope

              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.