Tuesday, August 26, 2008
I ran across this blog today--it was a link on a friend's blog page. It chronicles the life of another 3rd year medical student. I don't know what it's actually like to be a third year medical student (this is Lauren writing, obviously) but it was interesting to read about this person's experience and think about it in comparison to Wes' and the conversations we've been having lately.
During his break between boards and 3rd year clinicals, he writes:
"Since being alone and back home, I've been doing a lot of remembering. Remembering who I am, who I have been and who I've wanted to grow into. It involved some checking in with myself to see if I'm living up to the man that I was hoping to be at this point. In some ways, yes, in some ways, no. I believe that God is steering me down the right paths right now and that His grace is enough to get me through the rough patches."
It seems that the feeling of medicine being all-encompassing is universal! And that time-off is critical for remembering, as it was for us during Wes' month off. Just thought it was an interesting perspective...
