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Apr
17
[taken while studying for shelf exams during a power outage last week]
“The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn’t matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.”
~ Barbara Hall
“Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.”
~ Arthur Rubinstein
“Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.”
~ Reggie Leach
by the time most of you read this, MED 2 will be done, done, and DONE. congratulations to everyone that worked their butts off to get through. we deserve a little celebration tonight!
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Dan Millman draws an analogy in one of his books to walking through a forest. Sometimes we hit a ravine, and need to back up for a while so we can get a running jump.
congratulations!! woo hoo and hurrah!! :)
Yé! Congratulations dear Jennifer! After all this crazy work, you definitively deserve a celebration and vacation! Have a great time back home!
*stands and claps*
*wolf whistles, cat calls, cheers, hurrahs and thanks-to-the-gods*
Oh, and likewise my friend. Someday, we will have hugs and coffee for sure.
Yay! Safe travels home. :)
Congratulations and all the other things one says after an long ordeal.
Now off to a well deserved rest.
Give Maddy a hug for all of us.
Congratulations! Enjoy your trip home and your well-deserved break!
Congrats! I just finished my corporate tax final today - my god, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, I think. Or maybe it just made me insane.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!
[…] The Roundabout Way I find that med student Jennifer Hawke posts quotations that feel relevant to me. She has also been through the wringer with academic choices. In case her post some day goes offline, I’ve reproduced the quotes she recently offered. […]