Inspiration.

Hello hello!

Some of you lovely readers may know that I’m studying to be a medical doctor. Now, if there’s anything you need to have even an iota of motivation to go through with this course, or anything in life - it’s inspiration.

Inspiration is what makes up the bedrock of why you do something; why you aspire to be someone and what you remind yourself of when the going gets tough.

Inspiration births motivation.

So as not to always write abstractly and to ensure my point is put across adequately, let me give an example of how I got my inspiration to go through with this challenging course. My father has been a doctor long before I was born and during my early childhood he specialized in pediatrics, which is the care of children. I was an asthmatic patient at the time and sometimes I had episodes that pushed me over to the brink of life; but each time he combatted it and drew me back into safety. I grew to admire him for the numerous life and death scenarios he battled both at home and at work, being faced with such circumstances on a regular basis is enough to break a person down, but he always pushed through.

What led me to remember this was my first up-close labor room experience; I was the very first person that my patient’s child saw in it’s life, and although the process to deliver the child was no simple task, that brief moment, when I locked eyes with the child, was magical. I was re-inspired.

So this post is all about inspiring you to get inspiration; it keeps the passion burning for whatever it is you’ve set your mind to do.

Best of Luck xo

SOCIAL MEDIA.

Twitter, Instagram,, Tumblr (for the really cool folks), Facebook (because let’s be honest, it’s still useful for filling forms online, choosing “Log in with facebook” saves so much time!).

All these platforms, and much more, make up the powerhouses of “social media”. A place where people share their views on topics that can vary from debating about eating rice with a spoon or a fork right up to pressing current issues like Xenophobia in South Africa or the #BlackLivesMatter movement in America.

Social media is now a dependent source of breaking news; I remember the times when we had to wait for a reporter to get to the scene of a crisis before the news got out. Now, we get video coverage from passer-byers who upload the content to news outlets, some even happily report live from the scene, all with their ever so handy smart phones or tablet devices.

Clearly social media has had a positive effect on society and has proved its usefulness thus far. However, just like any coin, there is a reverse effect that social media has on society too. Since it’s advent, there has been an increase in the need to please or gain approval from absolute strangers. There has been a rise in identity loss among youths, as several young people now gauge their self-worth from the number of ‘likes’ or followers they have.

TAKE A STEP BACK.

There’s more to life than likes and follows, don’t degrade yourself for people who don’t give a hoot about your life. Some girls have apps on their phones that clears their skin, cinches their waist, expands their hip width – amongst many other aesthetic alterations, then they post the picture on twitter and get loads of Retweets and Favourites. Should you then compare yourself to that person’s caricature and feel low? God forbid!

Use social media to positively affect your life and leave it at that – you’ll be a much more happier person :)

Morals

I believe in this. This is what I stand for and thus this is what makes me – ME. Nutshell definition of the term:  Moral.

Why they are so important is simply because a person without morals can be swayed by whatever breeze blows by; they stand for nothing so they can fall for anything. Morals keep you grounded and help define how you live your life.

Morals are the difference between a good person and a bad person.

Morals define a person; it’s your morals that speak as your conscience when making decisions, big or small. I won’t sit here and tell you which morals to have but I will say that you should have morals.