Day 11

I said that would explain why the quote from yesterday means so much to me.  Honestly, I believe that there are so many talented people in this world.  People God has blessed with ability people could only dream of.  However, many of these people do not want to work hard enough to achieve great success.  They become impatient.  They do not want success to take time.  When they fail, they do not want to get back up again.  When they struggle, they want to quit.  It is the people who push through this who really are the most successful in live.

I want to start out by talking about failure and struggle; two words no one ever wants to hear.  We fear failure and struggle.  We want nothing to do with them.  However, who would we be without failure and struggle in our life?  If we did not have them, we would not be trying to do great things.  We learn from our failures.  Through failure, we become better.  We become better at what we are doing and we become better people.  It is only through failure that we are able to appreciate achievement.  Without struggle, we would not be able to understand how good it feels to succeed.  Many people quit when they hit failure or struggle.  It is a true test of character how people act at these times.  I had many struggles when it came to gymnastics.  But I pushed through them, and I was able to achieve more than most people would ever believe.  My first year of medical school was definitely a struggle and included multiple failures.  However, I made it out and I am now a second year and absolutely loving it!

Next is "the sweeter if long delayed".  I did not become a scholarship gymnast overnight...  That was definitely a success that was long delayed.  I started gymnastics at 2 1/2 and went to college at 18.  That is 15 1/2 year of being delayed!  But that moment I signed that letter of intent could not have felt any sweeter because of all that hard work and time that I put into it.  Furthermore, becoming a doctor, and the time of doctor I want to be will definitely be long delayed.  4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, and then residency.  Right now the residencies I am looking at are between 5-7 years.  We are definitely talking about long delayed. However, I can only imagine how at each step the success will feel.  Treating my first patient as a residence.  Eventually treating my first patient as an attending.  I know in that moment, I will look back at all the time and hard work and again, be so happy I did.

I guess I feel the most important thing in life is to work hard and to never give up if you would like to do great things in this world.  I truly believe God put us on this earth to do great things.  He will most definitely reward our working through failures and struggles.