Dooley Noted: 3/10/2014
Ten short days ago, I left to lead instruct NeuroKinetic Therapy Level I in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia.
I visited a different continent in a different hemisphere. I left my New York winter season to experience Australia’s summer.
It only took 2 flights – plus years of dedication to clinical anatomy.
It was 4 years ago that I was alone in a lab at midnight, singing at the top of my lungs as I dissected away. On many occasions, one of my anatomy mentors, Dr.Robert Walker, walked in to check on the noise. He just gave me the slight smile he always gave.
He never deterred me. His belief in my abilities preceded mine.
Call it faith.
Call it whatever you want.
I have no peer-reviewed literature to support that my path would work.
But what the research can’t show, the time in the trenches supplies.
I know that every minor win and every major disappointment led to this current picture of multiple opportunities to teach clinical anatomy.
This week, I saw a beautiful country with beautiful, warm, cultured, smart people.
It doesn’t seem to matter which continent I visit. I see wonderfully kind, brilliant, motivated, and intrigued students, expanding their knowledge so they can better serve people.
I know that as much as I have yet to learn, I still have something to teach.
I see the efforts of the students and patients as a mirror of my own efforts.
I see their struggles, pain, confusion, and discoveries as a reflection of my own.
I see in them what Dr. Walker saw in me.
The only word I can use to describe my observations is “thankful.”
I’m honored.
And I’m not going anywhere.
To the absolutely incredible students of NKT Australia: thank you for your attention, and I’ll see you very soon.
To the continents I have yet to visit: I’m on my way. I’d love to help you, too.
But as always, it’s your call.
– Dr. Kathy Dooley