During my junior assistantship period (the first year of my assistantship), our doyen teacher, our department head, gave a speech to all the assistants in our clinic and said to the senior assistants who wanted to take the specialization exam earlier: "We, your teachers, decide when you will become a specialist, not you, and a permit is given rather than taken." .
In our daily lives, we all want to know the outcome from the beginning and keep it under our control. The student who will take the exam focuses on the result of the exam, the tradesman on the money he will earn, the passenger on the place he will reach, the human being on death... and tries to establish the sovereignty he does not have (and will not have) over the result. In response to this inappropriate effort, he becomes both frustrated and exhausted.
If the student determined the exam result, would he study and increase his knowledge? Would a tradesman, knowing the amount of money he would earn at the end of the month, open his shop door hopefully in the morning and wait patiently? Would a passenger who was sure of reaching the destination take the necessary precautions for the journey? Could a person who knew the date of death reach that inevitable conclusion peacefully? Could he do justice to the moment he lived in?…
The healthy approach is not to focus on the result, but to process the reasons as best we can and leave the rest to happen. The assistant's duty is to successfully fulfill the responsibilities of his education, and then leave the final word to his instructors who will give their permission.
A little advice; “How do I escape death?” Instead of focusing on the question "What can I do for a healthy life?" Try to find an answer to the question in your daily practice.
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