Life Script

           

Has my whole life been about playing a designated character in a pre-visualized play? Not really. I’ve always felt that my family has my back no matter what I decide to do, as long as it’s not something too dangerous or just plain illegal of course.  When I was in middle school I wanted to be an architect even though I couldn’t draw to save my life, but my parents always said: “Sure. If that’s what you truly want”.  A couple of years after that, I told them I wanted to study computer programming since I spent a lot of time using computers and playing video games, to which they responded: “Why not?”  I truly cannot complain about not having support from my family.

            It wasn’t until High School when I took Biology for the first time and seeing my sister in Med School that I realized what my career would be: Medicine. It wasn’t an easy decision seeing as how I knew the sacrifice and hours upon hours of study that it would entail, but something deep inside, like a nagging feeling, made me take the leap. Knowing how much it would cost to pursue this career, my parents still supported me and still do.  Every time I feel as though I’m too tired to keep going, they tell me that they believe in me and that if anybody can do it, it’s me. It’s hard for me to describe how much I appreciate all the encouragement I get from my family, but if it weren’t for them, I don’t know how my life would have turned out. 

            My whole life has been backed up by the thought that if I do my best and go after the things I want, then everything will turn out fine.  Maybe at first it seems like things aren’t shaping up to be as expected, but if one gives it his or her all, there isn’t anything to regret.  At the end of the day, my journey has not been about following a path, but rather about falling down constantly, with the scars to prove it, and learning to pick myself up along the way. As written by William Ernest Henley in Invictus: “I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.”