It's a new year that will be filled with a lot of wonderful accomplishments. FINALLY, after 8 years (the time it took for completing my prerequisites and med school), I will be graduating from medical school...PRAISE GOD...It was a very exciting and emotional journey. If I had to do it all over again, I would do it in a heartbeat... I remember when I first began my research on pursuing my medical degree, I came across a few blogs that totally disagreed with my feelings...I remember one 40 something man said he would not have pursued it if he knew all the hard work he had to go through to complete medical school...that's unfortunate...I feel the complete opposite. I am overjoyed that I finally made it to the finish line. I accomplished such a momentous feat...Something that will ring in my history for generations to come...THE FIRST DOCTOR IN MY FAMILY...That's real live legacy in the making...
If many of you remember, at the beginning of this journey, I had a lot of opposition from medical school advisors at my local community college (said I was too old), my husband became terminally ill, I had several legal battles from people trying to intervene in my adoption of my sons, I had to complete my volunteer hours, complete my prerequisites and also maintain a "new" normal within my home....It was all very challenging and very rewarding at the same time....I remember my initial fears of organic chemistry...My new found love for cell biology...my bewilderment of microbiology and most of all taking the hardest exams of my life...lol...AND I MADE IT THROUGH THEM ALL SUCCESSFULLY...
Sometimes in life, pursuing a dream can seem insurmountably impossible if you look at all that is needed in order for it to happen...but, if you take one step at a time you will get there...You must seriously look all that is needed to get the dream accomplished, but don't get overwhelmed with the details. Break them down into steps and as you accomplish one step, move on to the next and then you will look back and see the trail of accomplishments you've left behind. You will make it to the finish line...
It's a new year...full of unlocked, untapped potential...go pursue it...unlock your dreams...believe you can do it and go after it, step by step...
Now, go live your dreams.
