Opportunity

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a vet. My mum always tells a story that when I was little there was a Clydesdale that use to be  in a paddock nearby. I use to stare at that horse and try to get to see it once a day. One day a man walking by said " I see you here everyday with your mum. What's so interesting about the horse ?" Bare in mind that I cannot remember anything but my mum tells this story with great relish ! I replied "His feet" The man looked at me with a puzzled look on his face and said "What about his feet ?" My reply, " He must have to have really big shoes to wear."
I think people have calling's in there life. I think that if you find something you love then you do what you love and are passionate about.
I have always known that I wanted to be a vet and was and have been willing to do whatever it took to not only become a vet but be the best that I could be. Simply, it was not enough for me to just be an okay vet. I needed to be the best that I could be at my chosen craft whatever the consequences.

I remember the first time that I applied for vet school. I had just turned 18 and it was the January after school had finished, marks were due out, and university positions were about to be announced. My results came in the mail and I was short. I new when I looked at the marks that this would not be happening. At that stage I thought all my world had ended and that I would never get to be a vet.

My mum offered me the best advice: "If it's meant to be it will happen. You just have to work hard and be patient ....." It took me another four years to get an offer for vet school.....

I still remember that day as well. I had just graduated Ag Science and was home for the holidays. In those days you had to ring a hotline for your offers.

I was asleep at the time, hungover as usual after another early morning drinking session with old friends. All I remembered was my mum running through the family home and at the top of her lungs crying out "He's in! He's bloody in". Now if you spoke with my mum she would say that she would never use such language. I  however, remember this vividly. I asked mum later after the haze of sleep had cleared and the news had finally sunk in after the fourth phone call to the hotline. "What would you have done if i didn't make it?" Her response " I would of just hung up and let you sleep".......

I would like to think that I am good at what I do. However, I do not want to become complacent and think I will always be a student of veterinary science in some way, shape or form, and for that matter life as well. The reason is that everyone can teach you something new in this profession be it vet, nurse, receptionist, cleaner......They all have something to offer, whether it just be a kind word or old forgotten technique they had once seen..........
Hippocrates once wrote "Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes a matter of opportunity"