Some say life is a journey while others say it’s an ordeal and right in the midst of these contrasting opinions we struggle to find the true meaning and purpose of life. For good sixteen years of my life I also found myself sparing with this conundrum then one fine day I found these words in my tenth standard text book “I sought to hear the voice of God and climb the topmost steeple, but God said go down again I dwell among the people.” At that time I had no idea how these lines written by an anonymous would shape the trajectory of my life and be integrally pivotal to my career in medicine.
We make choices in our lives every day ,some of them are menial like choosing banana over apple while others are much more complicated like standing at a dealership and trying to decide what would your first car be . Regardless of the choices we make there is one sole purpose at the very core and that’s to derive pleasure and satisfaction out of it. I have always been blessed with all the exquisite choices I have made in my life but by far nothing else has given me more satisfaction than medicine. When I see patients the only thing I strive for is that little smile on their faces indicating some degree of comfort from their suffering and from roots of their little comfort I try to derive satisfaction for myself which constantly fuels my soul and helps me go above and beyond in service to humanity.
I started my clinical rotations with an open mind to every subspecialty. After long days
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Entering my clinical years brought along with it an entirely new set of challenges, but I was pleasantly surprised to find my niche while
While working in the lab, I, for the first time in my life, felt that my work and accomplishments were serving something larger than myself. When the time came to leave the lab I viewed the experience fondly, however, in the time since I have come to realize that as much as I enjoyed my experiences I what I really enjoy is the human side of medicine and the interaction with patients on a daily basis; I missed “Sue” and the reward that came from knowing who I was helping personally. For me the most important part of medicine is the people. At some point each of us made the decision that the need to heal patients and to help people was strong enough to decide to dedicate our lives to medicine. It’s what drives every physician, and researcher to keep working, even if a trial did not go the way they wanted or a patient is not responding to treatment. In English the original Hippocratic Oath reads in part “I will remember that I do not treat a fever chart, a cancerous growth, but a sick human being”. When I first read this I was reminded why medicine is so unique and why I decided to go on this journey originally. It is this belief that continues to give me the strength to continue even when I am knocked down. It is what I see every time I shadow a doctor and how I try to model myself in my life. Because of these experiences, I have come to the absolute
My primary goal, regardless of what specialty I enter, is to emotionally comfort the patient to lay the foundation of what I call the doctor-patient-google relationship. No medicine can have such a vast and profound effect on the behavior outcome of an individual who has felt a connection with another human behind the invisible wall of the white coat and stethoscope. Once the foundation has been laid and a safe space has been created, I believe that only our imagination limits us to the amount of intelligent conversations that can be had with the patients who bring forth the knowledge dumped on them by the media outlets.
I find myself most joyful and enthusiastic when I have given myself to enhance the life of another person. Knowledge is the key to success, so by educating another individual, I take part in developing a better future for him. When I grow up, I want to continue my passions in the medicine because I know that I will have the opportunity to give optimism and closure to my patients in their long journeys. Supplying an individual with fundamental commodities relieves his stress and worry about the future. I continue my struggle to peel away my muddled lens by easing the lives of
'Wherever the art of Medicine is loved, there is also a love of Humanity.’ - Hippocrates It is my love of humanity that spurs my passion for medicine. My goal in life is to practice medicine to help others. In my early childhood, I looked upon “people in white” as heroic figures who could solve all problems. I often watched while they helped to relief my father’s distressing symptoms during his asthma attacks. I was curious about the medications that they prescribed for him, and spent long hours trying to read about them. Tragically, he lost the battle, and I have always wondered whether I could have saved him, had I been the doctor who looked after him. The sad experience of my dad’s death along with the memories of his chronic suffering enhanced my desire to be a doctor in
Is there a meaning to life? First, to clear up any misunderstandings in the next few paragraphs you are about to read, I shall explain a few things. I am not talking about the individual people in our lives, that mean so much to us, or individual lives. That is a whole other matter. What I mean by the "meaning of life", is the greater picture. There are people all over the world, doing their own thing, living their own lives, in their own areas. Is there a point to this? The people themselves, benefit from learning and having experiences while they're alive, but then they die, and all they have accomplished, ends. Then the process begins all over again with the next generation. So one purpose for life is established.
Innovators throughout human history have all shared a common characteristic, which has been the ideological belief that if you commit yourself to the unthinkable, surely you will reach the unimaginable. Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Steve Jobs, and various other distinguished scholars understood the importance of never letting adversity destroy the potential for creativity. Our brief moment in this world to shine leaves behind a narrative for every individual. My life revolved around the presence of failure, which brought birth to a beginning of enlightenment.
Life is complicated, and truly, there is no single answer to the timeless question: “What is the meaning of life?”. ‘Answering’ it, or whatever close alternative to the word you could achieve, would involve an impossibly long sequence of questions, and many without answers. When I think of ‘meaning of life’, rather than think of a series of answers to help define it, I think of a series of questions interpreted disparately between individuals. Like a survey, there is no right answers. However, I believe there are general concepts that can either bring you, or at least the others around you, to a more meaningful life. To me, the most important aspect that can bring you closer to discovering what life means for you is acceptance. Perhaps less in the literal sense, “the act of taking or receiving something offered” (dictionary.com), but more in a general sense of “respecting that life is constant change”. To many, change is one of the most difficult parts of life. “Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” (Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein) Change is unavoidable, and yet, despite this, many refuse to adapt. Whether it is something simple such as a reorganization of a room, or something broad like the scientific rediscovery of old concepts previously thought to be fact, adapting is difficult. In respects to the difficulty, acceptance, in this context, does not exactly directly mean adaptation. To sympathetically relearn, or at
What is the true meaning of life? Many philosophers ask this question as a prompt for discussion or debate . In my opinion, it depends on perspective.To some, it might mean having a family and children, to others it could mean being the richest person in the world. To me, life is about overcoming hardships and keeping a positive attitude no matter what the circumstance. It is about discovering who you are and being happy with whoever that person is. It is about building people up and living harmoniously with one another. It is easy to stay positive when things are going well, but the true test of a person's character is how they act in the face of adversity. That has always been the most important thing to me.
Death is never easy. It is difficult for the families that have to face it and even more so for the person going through it. I have been a hospice volunteer for about a year now, and as one, I visit patients that are near their lives’ end and try to ease them and their family into a smooth and peaceful transition. Originally I did it with the thought of simply getting community service hours to fulfill medical school requirements, simply visiting the patients once a week for an hour. But every time I leave, I am left with the feeling that I could’ve done more. Therefore, I started to go more often and stayed longer with the patients each week, from once a week to three time a week, and from one hour to almost 3 hours each time. And each time I visit, I like to think that I have made their life just a little bit better. Throughout this year of serving, my patients have taught me a great deal. One of the things they have taught me is lifetime.
The focus of my essay is going to be on no matter what life throws at you, you have to be able to catch it. In, my paper I'm going to say that life isn't always easy and you have to be grateful for what you have. The support or research I will use includes many famous people struggles in life that have been my role models in my life. I will also discuss my own experiences in life. Now, I am 18 years old and realize my pass is what made me strong, that situations happen for a reason, and you have to work hard to get to where you want to be in life.While growing up as a kid, I didn't know much but eat all your food, pick up after myself and listen to my elders.
One of the most important services that religions provides to its practitioners is the already set path of what to do during that life. The meaning of life philosophy in each individual religion serves as a guideline of good behaviour versus bad behaviour and a definite end consequences of the two behaviour. It acts like a lifeline through the stormy seas of life, and often people that have gone through traumatising come out the other end religiously devout, even though you might have think the opposite would be true.
Growing up, you are influenced to be a certain person. You don’t fully understand the actual meaning of life until a traumatic tragedy hits you. Until you learn what humble actually means. Throughout this essay the talk of my sorrow past, dead brother, and my toxic father will explain my current state. In the beginning of this book, I thought I wouldn't like it. I thought that it would be like every other book a teacher assigns. I was completely wrong on that part. This book has showed me the actual way of how life is set out for us. We are all destined to be a certain person, but we are not to chose the actual path.
Life is very short. In fact it might be a little too short. Everyone has dreams, and hopes. Everyone also has fears, and laziness. We all want to go places, but we all also have things that hold us back. With these factors life may be short, and it may seem that we don’t have enough time to make our dreams into a reality. We may not get to try everything that we want to try in life, and that is why whenever you get an opportunity to try something new in life you have to capitalize on it. I believe that the way to succeed in life, it is to try new things whenever you get the opportunity.