Don't let words bring you down.

I have always wanted to be a doctor since I was a kid. All I knew back then was that doctors help people get well and I did want to help people because it was what I learnt "a good thing" to do. Since primary school, there's always the day when my teacher would ask me what my ambition is. She would ask for my top 3 choices and without fail, i'd always make 'Doctor' my first choice. It was hard for me to choose the other 2 because I really wanted to be a doctor, so i'd just come up with random ambitions like teacher or engineer. But as I entered high school, I got to know that there are many types of doctors out there. As I began searching on the internet, I found that I wanted to be a surgeon, but in what field, i'm not sure yet. (i'll figure it out soon) I am really sure of what I want to be but there were times and probably will be more times where my friends would question my career choice. They'd ask me questions like this: a) You know, they say that doctors have no life. So how are you going to spend time with your family? b) Its going to be long working hours and you'll end up getting married to your work. What if you have no social life? c) With our grades, do you think we even have the chance? I'd always say to them that yes I want to have a family but I just haven't even thought of getting married yet. And yes it would take long working hours but I wouldn't mind. But they'd always stop me halfway and storm me with more questions. Since I can't prove my point to them face-to-face. I'd just state it here. Sure we need to have A's or at least B's to be a medical student. And yes my grades now is no where near that but hey, I am trying to improvise and am trying my hardest to get at least B's in my exam. Its still a work in progress and I assure you that I WILL and I CAN be that kid who failed at first and succeeded in the end. Its in me somewhere, its just gonna take me some time and hard work to get there. Surgeons/doctors sure have long hours of work and are always on call but I don't mind. I have this passion in me to help others. I can already picture myself performing a surgery on a patient, being the one giving them a second chance to live. Imagine the smile on their face, knowing they are still going to live. The family part, you see, I haven't even thought of getting married, what more having kids. Like come on, I still have a long way to go and dreams that are yet to be fulfilled. And I want to sort of laugh when my friend start to tell me about the chances of conceiving a baby when i'm older. I myself am lost at words right now trying to answer that cos its just funny to tell a 16 year old that. I'll just skip that part. I have set a goal for myself and I am going to be a surgeon. I'm not going to let my friends question my career choice and make me have second thoughts. NO MORE. If you (the one reading this) are having doubts on what you want to become or if people are telling you that it is impossible to fulfill your dreams, don't ever listen to them. I found these quotes on the internet: "Any dream worth pursuing has challenges. There will be conflict and chaos. That's what makes it so worth it. When you see it come to reality, you'll have memories of all you've gone through to get there." "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma- which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."-Steve Jobs Those are my one of many favorite quotes and I hope they give you the same motivation that it gives to me. To sum up my post, I just want to remind you that people would try to constrain you with their thoughts and opinions and smother you with their negativity BUT , do not let it get to you. If you are passionate about something, then go do it. Because You and I, know that you can.