On staying or letting go
Dear Lloyd, I’m a third-year medical technology student. While I can cope with my subjects, I still feel that something is lacking. I can’t seem to find what will make me happy. Maybe you can help me. MJ If you are really passionate about something, quitting is almost always the last resort. This has been my philosophy for quite a long time now. And whenever I hear people telling me that their option is to quit, I always advise them to reconsider. After every setback is a comeback. I always believe in working more on what was left than what was lost and to find yourself again in times of losses and misses. Too many broken pieces scattered all over the place don’t make sense until you put them together to form a masterpiece. Some masterpieces come from rubble and debris brought about by our painful past. A once messy story can become a remarkable testimony. The human spirit doesn’t totally break. It simply flexes. And it can be painful, ugly and disorienting. I was once r...