THE STRUGGLE!!!

As an average medical student (referring to the kind of grades i get,of course!), i came or was it more like landed on a harsh reality last semester that ad love to share with the other "struggling" medics out there. The ingenious "eureka moment" is/was that being average just doesn't cut any more. This doesn't by any chance imply that i am dumb or slow ( if u get my drift :-) ), only that i don't put in as much effort or hard work as i should, when you put that statement in context it does have a shockingly similar familiarity to those  like me out there who have an unmistakable "lazy" glow about them.Don't get me wrong, am not implying that i or that most of us don't have that unquenchable thirst for medical knowledge. U should see us, squeezed or hurdled up together into tinny cliques, trying damning hard to explain the unexplainable, debate the unsubstantiated or even more frequently try to move heaven and earth in order to support our vaguely incomprehensible theories, (discussions get heated up, tension almost tangible, suddenly you realize that books like Robbins or Grey's anatomy were made sorely to confuse you) does that image in any stretch of your imagination give u an idea of how passionately engulfed and involved we are in our carrier of calling
The challenge actually comes into the picture when a good number of us try to balance our social, academic and personal life, shit actually gets crazy. Some of us especially the ladies are paranoid about "love", subconsciously they want to experience it before time "runs out", then of course you have to factor in those ladies that have already been "scared" by love and want absolutely nothing to do with it  (casual relationships work best for them). Don't get me started about the "gentlemen", u know how competitive guys can get especially when it comes to who has dated the most number of ladies, the hottest ladies ( socialites) or the most sought after " catches", just because u are a student of medicine it doesn't necessarily mean that you shouldn't chase after these highs and lows of life..we are told time after time.
Oh! Getting back to the realization i made earlier last semester (somehow i think i got off topic), balance is possible but unquestionably hard. Life is all about taking risks, truth be told its my professional opinion that life without risk is not worth living at all!. Be bold enough to attend that talked about party and pull an all nighter if you have to, be bold enough to find that "time" to flirt with that lady you have been eyeing for a while, take those briskly moonlight walks with her, take her out on dates and whisper sweet things to her. (for ladies the vice versa is applicable). And at the end of the day remember being "average" just does't cut anymore...try and be a little more above average. Put in that little extra effort, attend a little more lectures, make time for a few more group discussions and pay just a little more attention in class and maybe, just maybe your life in medical school will be a little more bearable. Cheers to being an above average student!!