First week of semester 2! and a poem ;)

Hello readers,

Hope you are all doing well. I am, I am feeling great. Exams are over! A lot is weighing on these results for me and to be fair they weren't my best set of exams. In fact, in my molecular bioscience exam I gave up and decided to become creative in my answers, making things up which in that time made sense in my head. I left a hydrogen bonding question half done in my proteins exam, those marks were pretty much a given but I told my self i'd come back for it and ended up running out of time. But enough of that. I have a couple weeks of no exams which feels great.

I've started new modules, one of which is biomedical science module. Which is quite strange after doing molecular biology and proteins for a while. My first tutorial is a case of a child that has Von Willebrand disease, its different to what I'm used to but its interesting.

I've been doing quite a lot of thinking about character. With the world being so messed up and seems to be only getting worse, a friend and I wrote a poem

               What's your worth

Sometimes its your words and not your actions that determine what you are
And at other times it's your actions and not your words that you're measured by
Even the smallest creatures have the hearts of giants
While some giants have the hearts the size of mice
But the worth of the giant isn't measured by his greatness
Nor is the size of the mouse why it's inferior

But it's the way that we carry ourselves around in this world that give us our worth.
A position
And a size

We think of getting ahead in life, yet we cannot see the destruction we leave behind
Every step we take has consequences
We fear the future
But what we should fear more is our mistakes that create
A clump
An obstacle
That block our paths

Success is not only in the destination
But also in the pursuit
Is it really success when we lose more than we gain?
When we compromise friendships
And sever the ties that form kinship
To become the king of the mountain
Tell me one thing, how is the view?

When you become frail, as all humans do
And long for a loved one to take care of you and talk to
Nobody will be there for you,
Selfishness is a poisonous trait
It causes love to perish
So tell me, how do you feel?
When all you have is money

Let me make something clear
There's nothing wrong with success
As long as you pursue it in ethical ways

The worth of man isn't measure by how many digits there are in his bank account
But rather how he treats the people that can do nothing for him.

The end.

I think that as young people we get ahead of ourselves thinking we're invincible, we're young, energetic and don't have too much commitment and responsibility. That we sometimes forget how we got here, thinking we outgrew our parents/carers. Thinking we outgrew friends that we were once really close to because we've moved on, made new friends. It's all hunky dory. But no, it isn't really though is it. Friends and family I believe are our home, our safe place, our nest if you will.

I've realised that the older we  get, the more trivial the reason why the friendship is over. I live by a simple principle, if people are important to you, you will make time for them. Regardless of how busy ones schedule is. I call BS on excuses like "I couldn't I was very busy" nobody really is too busy to send a text to say Hi. Nobody is too busy for a quick phone call to their parents/carers to let them know that they love them. To show that they care.

Because no matter how hotshot your career is, or how great of a placement you found, if you don't have anyone to share your joy with. Is it really worth it after all?

~Amina