Everything Happens for a Reason.

For as long as I can remember, I've had this firm belief that everything happens for a reason. Everything you experience in life, everyone you meet, every friendship that you form, every mistake that you make, everything- it ALL happens for a reason. It's all part of the great plan of the way this complex world works; the plan that only God knows the outcome of. So, when I was accepted into medical school, I couldn't help but wonder "Why?"..

Medical school, I must say, is definitely underrated. Generally, everyone knows that it takes alot for a person to become a doctor- sleepless nights, endless studying of every detail of the human body, the books books and BOOKS one needs to know and learn and memorize. And most people think that it ends there, but TRUST me when I say that it doesn't! Only when you experience life as a medical student can you know what it's really like being behind those walls. It's not all about the learning and studying and memorizing, or even the "fixing" people; it's much deeper than simply that. It's about looking up to your doctors and professors and changing yourself to become that which you admire in them. It's about forming friendships and learning too soon that you trusted the wrong people. It's about aiming to become an outstanding doctor, rather than just another average one. And all of this (and more), combined with the pressure and stress of the academic side of medical school, can easily wear a person out.

Sometimes, in the middle of a long tedious lecture, I look around me with amazement when I realize that behind every person in that big lecture hall lies a story. There's an untold story that explains in detail how they got there and whether or not they found themselves once they finally arrived. And as I snap out of my brief but frequent reveries, I thank God that I was granted a chance to be doing something that I truly feel I was meant to do, despite the fact that it took me a while to make that realization. *il7amdillah yaa rab!!* I must admit, University life isn't all that I once imagined it to be, and sometimes, or quite often actually, I feel like an outcast between the 150+ students that make up my class. As interesting as it is, it's a scary world in there! But then I look beside me and realize that I'm not alone. I can't thank God enough for giving me amazing friends who I hope will always be there to join me in feeling like an outcast, because I honestly don't think I'd be able to make it to the finish line on my own. (You guys know who you are!)

So yes, medical school IS highly underrated, but at the end of the day, when deep down you truly believe that it's all worth it, you can't help but LOVE it.

Savvy Doc.