The Pleasure Doctor: Providing Pleasure and Happiness to Myself and My Patients

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The Pleasure Doctor: Providing Pleasure and Happiness to Myself and My Patients

They say, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away." They couldn't be more correct about that. The problem is, how many of us actually does something as simple as eating an apple a day to keep us healthy? How many of us have that kind of discipline in ourselves? It may not only be in the health context where that's applicable.
Think about it. A lot of people these days are so stressed, with so many problems that they complain about, which they started in the first place.

One of my most prominent problems in life is staying healthy. I get sick often. Luckily, both of my parents are doctors, so when I get sick, there are doctors immediately present to help me recover. Other than the physical health, my parents are also good doctors to me. Whenever I make mistakes that really puts me down that also should make them mad, they don't get mad very much and they just tell me to move on. Seeing what my parents are doing, they became my main influence in wanting to become a doctor.

I have lots of weaknesses and limitations. I am not athletic. I don't run fast, punch strong or lift heavy. I get sick a lot of times. I am shy. I am indecisive. I can't even talk straight. Doctors speak with patients one by one and not by huge crowds and that's the kind of working environment I feel comfortable on. Doctors don't have to create anything artistic or out-of-this-world (something like what people in the business or advertising world have to do) too. They usually work under a set of rules, directions, and SOP's and that's also what I am more comfortable doing.Combined with my parents' influence, those are the other factors that made me want to become a doctor.

When I become a doctor, one of my goals is to get people to be more appreciative of life. I would like them to be happy more about what good they can do rather than how much money their occupation can bring. Sure, money is important, but I see it as something that should improve my life and something that's supposed to be my slave, not me be a slave to it. I do not have an attraction to material things that most people do. I just want material things to make my life more comfortable, more healthy and more convenient. Going back, I would like people to experience life and by being healthy and active. I would like for people to take pleasure in those kinds of things. Maybe then they'll find less stress and more happiness in their lives. I would like to be the doctor to those who don't eat an apple a day, if you know what I mean.

One particular doctor who I think would be a good role model for me is Dr. Patch Adams. He was a doctor who took pleasure in caring for people and making them happy, not by giving them materials things, but by giving them new hope and new life. He also likes to make his patients laugh with his good-nature humor.

The only thing that will determine my success in this profession is the happiness it will give me to give care to people (although money will be good too, at least only for physical comfort's sake). It is every moment of practicing my desired profession and helping other with their health that gives happen that will determine success. No award, or medal, can match the success of happiness in simply helping people be more healthy