Dooley Noted: 11/2/2015
My thesis advisor used to refer to me as a diamond in the rough.
I used to focus too much on the “rough” part, not hearing his intentions.
A year after obtaining my masters in anatomy, he came to visit my gross anatomy and neuroanatomy lectures and labs.
He told me I shone like a diamond.
I told him how it used to bug me that he said I was a diamond in the rough.
He said, “But you let the pressure create a thing of beauty in your teaching.”
He noted I didn’t crumble underneath the enormous pressure I felt.
I let it grind into me and shape me into the educator – and person – I am.
If you feel the pressure on your shoulders, let it shape you.
If you feel the pressure caving your chest, don’t crumble underneath it.
You can push right back, letting it mold you into a person of substance.
You can endure the struggles.
Focus on the diamond that you are becoming, and not so much on the fact that the process is rough.
After all, the struggles and pressures create the diamond in the first place.
As always, it’s your call.
-Dr. Kathy Dooley
