Last night on the subway, an entrepreneurial fellow said this:
“Your haters can’t stop you. Jealousy is a sin. Keep doing your thing.”
He was a deus ex machina, reminding me to stay my course. I needed it, because yesterday kept kicking me in the teeth.
Kick #1: A colleague attempted to make me feel small and unaccomplished because I don’t do research.
Kick #2: A student attempted to make me feel small because I was a chiropractor and not an MD.
Kick #3: An acquaintance attempted to make me feel weak because I’m struggling with my press.
Kick #4: A patient continued to be in pain, even though I’ve pulled out all the stops – all my tools – and all my referrals.
The hits kept coming. So, I walked on the right car on the right subway train.
That deus ex machina got my spare change, because he helped me stay my course. I smiled, and remembered how resilient I can choose to be.
1. Kick me because I don’t do research – but I don’t enjoy any part of the research process (other than reading it).
2. Kick me because I’m not an MD – something I’ve never wanted to be.
3. Kick me for struggling with my press – when I know everyone struggles with something in the strength world.
4. The patient didn’t get better under my watch? After I gave 100%? After I referred to all therapies I know? Yes. It’s okay. Outliers happen, and there’s likely more I don’t know or that someone’s not telling.
On these days, one must laugh and just remember to stay the course. It’s just a day.
Move walls.
Attack goals.
Help others.
Give more.
Laugh.
Have a blast.
Learn more.
The process is the result, and this is part of the process.
Suck it up. Be like a weeble-wobble. Get kicked in the teeth, but don’t fall. Stay the course.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley