It's the Little Things

You know those questions that adults love to ask? Like what are you doing nowadays (since you are now a college graduate)? How is life? The list goes on and on. Well when I first got back to the Birmingham area after my first semester of medical school, everyone loved to ask me questions about the new experience. The most common question was: how is medical school? At first, I was honest and would always reply that it was tough or difficult. You could automatically see the judgment in the other person's face. It was like the word difficult meant that I struggled in my classes and barely made it through. I would try to explain that my grades were good and that the amount of material was the difficult new aspect, but the original judgment remained. Thus, I started just saying that it was fun. I mean, I wasn't lying. My first year of medical school was fun, but it was also difficult. These generic questions were flowing quite well tonight at my dad's Sunday school party....

John Shedd once said, "a ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." This quote can be changed to refer to cars, people, and so many other aspects. You don't buy a boat to just have it sit in port. You buy a boat to go fishing, go skiing, or to just move from one place on the water to the other. The boat's purpose is to move along the top of the water, not to sit still. We too as humans were made to move. We are to keep moving forward. My college had the motto: Forward Ever, and it rings true even though I have graduated. Throughout the craziness of life's ups and downs, we keep marching forward into the future. When a certain situation doesn't go our way, we move forward. When we don't get the job, college, graduate school (and others) that we wanted so badly, we move on. We keep moving forward. We brave the open seas of life because that is what we are made to do. About a week ago I got a crack in my windshield, the same windsh...

One of my favorite times of the day is sunset and dusk. I love just sitting wherever I am and just taking in the colors and watching the light fade. I think about how different weather patterns across the world contribute to the view that I am able to watch, and it amazes me. In the future, I would absolutely love to learn more behind the chemistry that contributes to sunsets.  So why in the world am I talking about sunsets? Well, they are a reminder in my mind that the day is ending. Today at my summer work was a bit tough for me. I made one simple mistake in a program that caused future mistakes that caused me so much confusion and headache. I spent about thirty minutes to an hour trying to find out what was wrong. Once I found that mistake, I felt so frustrated with myself. On top of that, I have a cold currently. Every five minutes it seemed like I had to get up from my desk to go to the bathroom to blow my nose. It was frustrating to say the lease. When I finally got home, ...