I am halfway through my rotation at the hospital laboratory and I am having a great time!
Aside from the fact that I don't have a night duty (8am-5pm only), I am appreciating better the domains of blood chemistry, histopathology and microbiology! (Am I becoming a freak now?)
And since I am at the LAB (short for laboratory) department, allow me to share with you some of my thoughts about LOVE... (lol)
> For me, love is more than an emotion. It is a decision. If you decide to love somebody, you will stick to that person even the kilig feeling (infatuation) has been long gone. It involves more then your heart (or amygdala where the source of our emotion, anatomically speaking) but your will.
> For you to share love, you must be filled with love. If not, it will drain out the life out of you. Imagine you have a cup which you fill with water. You must be filled and overflow with love, so that the overflowing love from your "cup" will be the love that the other "cups" in your life—family , friends, career—will receive. Remember, you cannot give what you don't have.
> It is romantic to hear from your special someone the phrase "you complete me," but if you are still incomplete, then, I believe what you will give is an incomplete love.
> And before you say "I love you" to someone, you should have said "I love You" first to your God.
> 1 John 4:19 (TEV) says "We love because God first loved us." You should realize how much you are loved by God, because we ought to response to that great Love. It is inevitable! If you felt that unconditional love from God, you cannot help but to love Him back.
> It is great to show your love in extraordinary ways, but don't forget to love them with the little ways (unexpected phone call to a friend, a simple back massage for your mom, a hug for your brother.)
> Be verbal with your love! It sounds very mushy but believe me you'll regret it when you are just saying those words of affection too late; when that person is already dead upon arrival at the E.R. and the doctors cannot do anything about it!
> Love your work, so that you won't have to work a day in your life.
> Love the poor. (I'm teaching myself to be generous.)
>Love the unlovable (that unreasonable resident doctor, that demanding patient, that indifferent neighbor, that person that no one wants to befriend with). It is difficult I know, and sometimes I am having a hard time to follow this. But at least, try.
My friend, live a life full of love.
"Meanwhile these three remain: faith, hope, and love; and the greatest of these is love."
1 Corinthian 13:13, TEV
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