Dream: Becoming an Excellent Doctor

I have found in my knowledge base a certain need for excellence. Now, that should not be confused with perfection because unlike excellence, perfection makes you become inhuman. Humans, on the other hand, make many mistakes in life. Hopefully, most of the time we can choose to learn from them. For me personally, I am well aware that I have made mistakes but also that I have learned much about myself from them. As Lucy Maud Montgomery states, "We should regret our mistakes and learn from them but never carry them forward into the future with us." I find that much like everyone, as much I hate making mistakes, I find that I gain the most experience and knowledge from them.   As I wish to pursue a career that is based in perfection, I must also remember to strive for excellence. Just like everyone else, doctors make errors but unlike most people their mistakes cause lives. Maybe that is the trouble with the medical field, we need perfection when no human can be that way. The patients want the best doctors, that hopefully won't kill them. In the end, it is not a matter of being the best or being the most distinguish, rather to hold to the standard that you are not perfect. In that, doctors may find peace. While their mistakes may cost lives, their efforts and choices in life save much more than they lose in the process. So I, an imperfect being, vow to help more than I hurt, strive for excellence, not perfection, but most importantly, be humble in my mistakes and make amends when necessary. I believe that death is something that cannot be avoided but doctors are able to prevent life from ceasing too soon. I think that the future is always about learning and accepting new ideas. The world is changing and I will embrace it wholeheartedly. Saving lives is one thing but realizing that within it there is a much deeper conflict of being the sole person to either help or hurt, well that just another battle doctors must face. I, for one, am ready to not only win the battle but rather to improve upon it.