In the final week being a final year medical student you have learnt everything you’re going to learn at medical school. You’re writing scripts, that the House Officer signs. You’re creating discharge summaries, that the House Officer approves. You’re assessing patients and creating plans, that the Registrar reviews.
Essentially, you’re playing doctors.
One week later, as a House Officer, you don’t know anything else, but now, you’re writing scripts, you’re discharging patients, you’re assessing patients and creating plans.
Now, you’re a real doctor.
In life, until the responsibility sits with you, you’re playing.
Perhaps, knowing that, it’s time to embrace responsibility.
We don’t always take the straight path. Sometimes we take the long road. Or no road at all.
Recently I’ve been making a conscious effort to say nice things to people.
Mindfulness meditation, when done regularly over a long period of time, helps to create space between stimulus and response.