i'm thinking maybe i'll just switch direction and become a surgeon.
i love what i do. i love media. i love the thought of reaching people with the Gospel through film/video.
but from the time i was 2, when i had eye surgery, until just before i graduated from high school, i wanted to be a surgeon. i love the intrigue of the human body. i was great at gameboy (random, i know, but people have said if you're good at video games, you'll be good in surgery with the equipment - haha). i like to be able to fix things.
so i was thinking tonight about how i used to want to be a surgeon. and i realized...hey, i can surf and make videos all i want in Heaven (that, or i'll be so incredibly wrapped up in just worshiping my Creator that i won't even care about surfing or making movies). but i can't be a surgeon in Heaven. there'll be no need for surgeons. at least, i don't think there will be...i could be wrong though. i guess if there is a need for surgeons in Heaven, that'd be great because then i wouldn't lose any of my patients.
so back to this surgeon idea.
ah - but then i have to go through lots of med school. there's no way i'd ask my parents to help support me financially through that. so maybe this is what i'll do for now: i'll finish my degree at LU. i'll work in the field for awhile, saving up money. then if i have money for med school and still want to be a surgeon, i'll consider it further then.
i'd want to be a surgeon in Hawaii or Southern Cal. yeah. and take medical mission trips. to Tahiti. and other places. and i could bring my camera along and document it. and surf for a stress-reliever.
i might be on to something here.
or i might just be dreaming.
i should go to bed.
keep it real.
~jen~
2 comments:
You very well may be onto something there! =) Just keep praying about it. And while I'm thinking about it, thanks again for the very helpful reminder the other day when I was complaining about being too busy. I really needed an attitude change and it's been wonderful since! Still busy, but wonderful busy!:)
So it's 3 years later... and you still want to work in surgery. Isn't that what's so wonderful about these online 'journals'? We forget so many things throughout the years that we sometimes forget what our true passions are. We can read back on things like this and are like, 'woah! I really wanted to do this that long ago? Why didn't I do it then?' Then we look at all the things we've done since then and the paths the LORD has taken us down and realize the decisions we made weren't all bad but maybe it's about time now to pick up on some of those passions =) Does that make sense? haha
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