Random Thoughts

i was having dinner with a friend and he was ranting on and on about his job.  he said a line which really stuck to me.  ‘hindi lang naman tayo nagtatrabaho para kumita’.  God, it got me really thinking about my job. 

i’m a resident in training in PGH. everyday, i always complain about it.  how my patients don’t have enough funds to buy their medicines, about how hard it is working and studying at the same time, about how hard it is to wake up early everyday to do rounds before 7 am, about how stubborn my patients can be, about how i cannot go home early on a postduty day, about the little salary we get every month, and about a million other things.  i can complain about everything and anything about my job. my friends and family could attest to that.  you would ask me then, why stay when you don’t seem to be happy where you are now?  ohh, i really don’t know.  it could be because i know this is where i can get the best training i could have or i could not imagine doing any other job than this one.  it’s a different feeling when i’m in the OR or when i’m delivering our pregnant patients, or when my patients simply tells you, ‘thank you po, doktora’, or when you see your previously toxic patients on follow-up at the OPD clinic looking healthy and beautiful.  i still cannot explain it even now. 

i still complain every chance i get.  everyday, i still want to quit and just go home.  and everyday, i convince myself that this is all temporary.  eventually, the things i complain about will pass and something even bigger will come for me to complain about.  i do pray that in time, there will more things to thank about this job than there is more to complain.   

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