Heart
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. --Mahatma Gandhi
Nursing is not like any other career on the planet. You really have to dig deep and find a passion for this type of work. What do you learn from caring for complete strangers in hospital beds, in clinics and offices? A lot, I'll tell you that.
You find what gives people worry, but also what gives them peace. You find the same in yourself. Suddenly I can't sleep at night because I'm busy worrying about what's happened to the nice gentleman who snuck me a piece of chocolate before leaving my office. Suddenly I see the name of someone I cared for a few weeks ago, but now they're in the ICU.
Life changes so, so suddenly. You come to grips with the impermanence of the present, the groundlessness of thinking you have everything in your life figured out but, in reality, you don't.
Nursing is not like any other career on the planet. You really have to dig deep and find a passion for this type of work. What do you learn from caring for complete strangers in hospital beds, in clinics and offices? A lot, I'll tell you that.
You find what gives people worry, but also what gives them peace. You find the same in yourself. Suddenly I can't sleep at night because I'm busy worrying about what's happened to the nice gentleman who snuck me a piece of chocolate before leaving my office. Suddenly I see the name of someone I cared for a few weeks ago, but now they're in the ICU.
Life changes so, so suddenly. You come to grips with the impermanence of the present, the groundlessness of thinking you have everything in your life figured out but, in reality, you don't.