09/07/2023
I remember my mother asking me what I wanted to be. I had just completed my grade 12, fresh in society and just stayed at home doing nothing. She continued," what career do you want to pursue, perhaps you want to be a Doctor?". I sat there staring at her for moment before bursting into laughter. I found the thought of being a Doctor very funny because in my mind, 'I wasn't smart enough' and such careers were not for people like me.
After recollecting myself, and told her why I found this funny. She looked at me straight in the eyes and said, " anything that a man with two arms, a brain and a beating heart just like you, can do, you can also do."
This took outlook on life is one that I have taken to heart. This realization that I was just as good as anyone. Never feel inferior or look down on yourself. You can achieve anything you put your mind and heart to. Sometimes you get at a go and other times it takes a little longer.