I was interacting with my favourite four-year-old when the following conversation ensued:
Child: You are a doctor?
Me: Yes.
Child: How?
Me: I went to school.
Child: And what?
Me: I read my books.
Child (still not satisfied): And what again?
Me: I passed my exams.
Child goes quiet, as though contemplating the information.
I break the silence and ask, “What do you want to be?”
He says he would like to be a doctor.
I smile and ask why.
He says, ‘to give people injection,’ pointing toward his buttocks and the back of his hand.
‘So, when they are sick they can be fine,’ I add. He nods affirmingly.
I’m awed by the simplicity of the process and how children can make complex things seem easy. Truly, that was all there was to it: Went to school, read, passed. Viola! 😉 And a little more of course – persistence, determination, diligence, you name it. But, I like how children see things. The way he sees it, he certainly thinks becoming a doctor is achievable – and it is. A certain philosopher is quoted saying: “Whatever is humanly conceivable, is humanly achievable.” I would second that with another popular saying: If you think you can or you think you cannot, either way you are right. Visit
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