What Will I Be?

19 What Will I Be? What will I be when I grow up? It's a big question. People have asked me this question many times. And I don't really know the answer yet. Maybe I'll be a doctor. Medicine is a great career-an honoured profession in all cultures. A doctor's job is about helping people. And helping others is just about the most important thing in the world. There is just one small problem: I have a rather weak stomach. I don't like the sight of blood and I don't like needles. The idea of setting a broken bone back into its proper place makes me feel a little sick too. For thousands of years, doctors have been saving lives. I wonder who the first doctors were. Were they people who noticed things about others and tried to help them? Kings and rulers have had their own doctors for thousands of years. When the doctor wasn't able to cure the king's problem, the doctor's life was in danger. So being a doctor was never easy.

Before modern medicine was invented, there were a lot of diseases that could not be cured at all. The only thing a doctor could do was to tell the person the bad news. Something that I like about medicine is that it is practised differently around the world. In some cultures, they only have natural medicines that come from plants, trees and other living things. I guess people have their own way of practising medicine. Sometimes, I wonder if the drugs that humans make for diseases and illnesses are really any better than those found in nature. Maybe the cures for all diseases are sitting in the plants and trees around us and we just need to find the right one. Now that I think about it, being around sick people all day would probably make me feel sad and depressed. I am beginning to realize that maybe being a doctor isn't really a good idea for me. Maybe I'll be an engineer. It's still a good way to help people, right?