….by Paulo Coehlo, is a brilliant book! Absolutely brilliant. Go to your nearest library and read it/buy it from your nearest bookshop. Yes, it’s that good. Universal kind of read. Such a great story because it addresses a fear we all face at some stage of our lives. Fear of failure. Everyone has a dream, so to speak, and it takes courage to live that out. It’s easier to just give in, make excuses..but we’ll never truly be happy that way.

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Sigh. Back to hospital tomorrow. I’m not ready. Am I ever ready?? Gah! Time to roll with the punches, as usual. Oncology block should be very interesting…palliative care…end-of life treatment. Should be very informative. I’m just a little tired. It’s good that Eid happened after my exams finished…it was a great way to celebrate the end of Ramadan, and such exhausting study. We still have our practical exam coming up at the end of November, but I’ll take that as it comes.

The dentistry girls have it much harder, I have to say. They have to learn med stuff plus dent stuff, plus oral surgery stuff….one of them is so positive about it, and says that it’s character-building That takes optimism. We all have our ups and downs, and draw strength from our respective traditions.

On no soul does God Place a burden greater than it can bear, it gets every good that it earns, and it suffers every ill that it earns. Pray: “Our Lord! Condemn us not if we forget or fall into error; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden Like that which You did lay on those before us; Our Lord! Lay not on us a burden greater than we have strength to bear. Blot out our sins, and grant us forgiveness. Have mercy on us. You are our Protector; Help us against those who stand against faith.” [Chapter 2, verse 286]