Motivation

Last Friday was filled with motivation.

After a week of working long, hard hours in the classroom, I was exhausted once Friday came, but we were in for a long day. After class and visiting the N.C.
State Veterinary Hospital, we went to the opening ceremonies for the NC-AHEC Future Leaders in Health Care Conference.

I must admit that I wasn’t enthusiastic about going to a conference geared towards high school students. Here I am approaching my third year in college, and I had to sit through a speech for “kids” full of words of wisdom I had probably heard a thousand times. My assumptions were entirely wrong!

Dr. Antonio Braithwaite gave a speech that I want to carry with me forever. His message was full of motivation, dedication and drive. It made me feel as if I would never let another person tell me no again, and I would never sit by passively while something I truly want passes me by. I know that I am a motivated person, but his speech made me realize that in order to succeed I will have to convince others that I am hungry and that my entrance into the medical field will be the only thing that will alleviate that hunger.

Dr. Braithwaite's speech was short, but I truly feel that It has changed the way I will pursue my career. It was the highlight of my week.