I like to keep things concise, but I feel as if this first blog will become a long, drawn out rant of literary taboos and clichés before my very own eyes (haha) because of the amount of time that has passed since I have written anything personally motivated. I have spent the last four years of college reading blogs, news articles, journals and publications without responding in any communicative way. Although I do express my views on certain issues to friends frequently, I feel somewhat apathetic for not representing myself on a fuller scale. I have a great amount of passion for events that are occurring on a spectrum of levels, from personal to global, but yet I don't always voice my opinion to a greater extent.
In the past, I have found myself reserved about some issues because of the lack of change or progress that was occurring. I reasoned that if no one else was able to produce satisfactory results, I could do nothing more to further the agenda. I was also careful about what I said to certain people, because I was more worried about their opinion of me than telling them the truth. These things have plagued me from speaking up for years. But certain events in my life have drastically increased my motivation to speak out, and blogging is the first step in hopefully many more that will lead me out of apathy. I truly feel that if I can at least produce some change, on some level, it will become an unstoppable force inside of me to keep doing more.
Overall, what do I want? So far I have not stated exactly what issues I want to be un-apathetic, or pathetic, for (heh…slightly lame joke). Well, the general philosophy that I try to adhere to is doing the most good for the most people. From an epidemiology standpoint, this is basically their version of the golden rule, considering that they are trying to eradicate the most harmful diseases that affect the most people. For me, it nicely circumferences all of the specific viewpoints I have on almost all issues. Most people would agree that doing good for a lot of people is, well, a good thing. But I probably tend to go farther than some people in saying that in every aspect of my life, I want to help people. Help and good are definitely vague terms that can be manipulated to mean almost anything. Personally, my career aspiration of becoming a physician is based on the notion of helping people at their most basic physiological levels. As in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the most basic biological functions of physical health need to be fulfilled before achieving higher functions and needs like safety, love/belonging, esteem and self-actualization. Although I do not ascribe to the whole system of this "needs pyramid", I do believe that humans cannot function properly or to their full potential without having obtained essential physical necessities.
wow...so reading back over this I realized that I am definitely starting to ramble, and that it's 4am. So...this will be one of those part one, part deux, sort of posts. Peace
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