Honestly, I wish I can tell everyone that I have this one big solid reason on why I want to be a doctor. I do not have it. My reasons for being a doctor are a small collection of bricks. They seem insignificant, but good enough to build a home around me for me to escape when life really knocks me down. Also, I am going to live in my body for the rest of my life. I do not want to be reminded everyday with the knowledge that I have learned and feel regret for quitting. I will remember about pH while breathing, joints that are being used when I move my wrist, a trigger zone in my brain when I feel I am about to vomit, neural crest when I see a sign saying crest at the junction near my house, bowel movements when I am eating, amygdala, which is a part of the limbic system in the brain that is used when I am being emotional, adrenaline rush when I am in love and when I feel excited, enthusiastic about something and the list goes on. Medicine has become part of my life that it seems impossible to let it go. Nevertheless, if medicine is sucking out the colours of your life, maybe it is time to let go.
Good luck in making your decision.
“The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it.” – Mary Doria Russell, Children of God
From : http://www.cornellmedicine.com/