To sacrifice the greater hours of your life, and the smallest hours of your nights for a grand purpose: To heal those who are meant to stay, ease those who are meant to go, and to fight appropriately, within the confines of ethics and knowledge, for all those in between the great divide. To me, this is what it means to be a doctor. This privilege is a profound one; to observe life in its beginnings, its middles, and its ends. This profession is one to be approached with outstanding humility, passion, and above all else, empathy. The doctor stands between the patient and the vast unknown; the doctor must ameliorate the pain, both mental and physical, whilst maintaining perspective. I've been in medical school for one week, and buried in these books, I feel alive. Until next time, live long.
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