“The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.” ~ Vince Lombardi
I have discovered a new talent! I am fantastic at letting long-term goals gently slip into unaccomplished oblivion.
Give me a one-and-done, maybe month-long project (reporting anyone? 😉 and I will deliver results. Easy peasy lemon squeezey. However, it is hard to do those daily things that are never done. Eating right, yoga, scripture study, blog posting … you get the idea.
So brace yourself for the following announcement.
Are you braced?
Today marks the 38th consecutive day that I have started my morning with a yoga practice and scripture study!
Now before you start applauding this measly little accomplishment, I have a bigger point than a disgusting display of self-admiration.
One late night, I ran into a med student friend at the bus stop. He/she was at the ragged end of a long day of studying.
I was at the almost-end of a 3-hour, late-night grocery run/ missed-bus extravaganza from hell. With frozen chicken slime and berry juice dripping from my five bags of melting groceries, I was one short fuze away from a meltdown myself.
What I wanted to scream was, “Why the flip are we doing this?!”
What came out was a sugary, “Hello! How are you?”
After a few mellow complaints about how the course load is just crazy this term and a couple questions about how my night was going, my bus came.
Then, he/she asked if they could help carry my groceries to the bus. I was so thankful to have someone else there.
I really hope he/she doesn’t give up doing that little thing called relentless studying every day – even though sometimes they might wonder why the flip they are doing this craziness. The world needs good people to help carry groceries, lift the burden that comes with chronic disease and help others heal. Where exactly would Debbie Diabetic or Lynette Lymphoma be without a good, caring doctor?
It isn’t easy becoming a doctor. Often it seems like an exercise in insanity. But those daily things that we just don’t want to do anymore add up to one life-changing ability.
“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great mean, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.” Charles De Gaulle
Don’t give up him/she.
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