It's the same when we observe things under the microscope. Even when we're looking at the same thing, what a student sees and what a sixty-year-old professional sees are totally different.
The other day, we spent the afternoon looking at all kinds of parasites under the microscope. Which wasn't that bad, compared to looking at their eggs. It's extremely difficult to find them, even when you know it's there somewhere on the slide.
I thought it was exactly the same with life in general -- the world in the eyes of a three-year-old is totally different from the world in the eyes of a ninety-year-old. The only difference might be that in medicine, the more experience, the more clearly you see the picture and you see more important stuff, while in life, that's not necessarily the case -- in exchange of a clearer picture, you end up forgetting how to see some of the things you used to see.
And even when experiences pile up, you never really know if what you're searching for is truly somewhere on the slide, until you actually find it. No one guarantees you it's there. And even when you manage to believe it's there, some things are still hard to find, just like a parasite egg.
Oh, you managed to find the perfect picture to go along with this entry. :)
返信削除A few months ago I passed up on applying for a permanent job opportunity because I wanted to go back to school and because the job meant being sandwiched between two women who hated each other. The person who took my place picked up on the feud between the two and decided definitely that Woman A was the worst.
I thought Woman B was actually the worst of the two. Although I am working on more compassion and understanding.
Different perspectives, I guess.
I've had similar experiences; sometimes I don't see something in a person other people see, or maybe I just interprete it differently.
削除But it's scary that in medicine, a difference in 'perspectives' can change the destiny of a patient. In our first pathology class for instance, the professor pointed at a picture and said we could see some cancer cells. I saw nothing, which meant I practically killed a patient.
I guess we just have to go through what we went through with normal tissue last term when we learned what each tissue was supposed to look like with what kind of cells, layers and whatnot.
At first, you don't even know what you're looking at. But after reading some explanations, you find a totally different picture in front of you, and it's pretty amazing even if you don't understand things perfectly.
Maybe we sometimes need some explanations in life too.
OK, it's time to get started on the 'life manual.' The first chapter is on how not to be a perfectionist but still enjoy your life!
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