The early courage of a young medical doctor to stop to find and fulfil her mission in life

Last Monday afternoon, when I was preparing one of my classes, a colleague of mine from our marketing department visited me with a young Thai lady. She, the lady, heard about my work and our guest commends and wanted to know more about my background and way of guiding classes and programs. She was interested to cooperate with us in the future and was on a kind of personal search.

It worked out for me she studied to be a medical doctor and worked for a period of three years in her profession. She experienced she did not fulfill her mission with it. She understood she had to bring the things she learned more into practice but found an environment that mirrored her in this stage of her career a kind of routine dealing with human beings. Not her purpose in life for her. So she decided to quit her job.

Already three months resigning for her was to stop and take a break to make up her balance sheet and to find out what she really wanted in life. Believe it or not. She even talked with us (my daughter Carlien and me) about what she wanted to do now and already about her steps she hopefully could make in her next life (for me a superb experience to hear, that made me thankful again to live in this wonderful culture).

Health, and her study and work in this branch, not at all was a waste of time for her. It helped her to find out what she did not really wanted. So it brought her one step closer to her life desires, fulfillment, mission (in this life) and success. She was not capable now, in her opinion, to serve the world enough with her life. Something was gnawing at her and she felt she could not fully bloom. Health in general was a good choice but not working as a medical doctor in this way any longer. She wanted to serve and share more. She was thinking about discovering a technology, maybe even a technical tool, to help more people suffering less and having a better heath and condition in a sustainable way.

Dealing with health is dealing with a holistic approach so the physical body, the mind, emotions, environment and even a spiritual part in a personal balanced way. She went to India to visit well-known Buddhist places to learn more about the Buddha’s approach how to help people to suffer less. She was inspired to find possible ways to help people in the modern time out of the same background and intentions. She felt engaged to translate this approach in a way more common and approachable to present generations.

It felt really good for us talking with her and to share and grow together. Proud to get people on my way who have the guts not to go on doing things they do not like doing to earn money to go on doing the things they do not like doing any longer. This young lady had the courage to listen to her inner call. To stop, be proud of herself, trust herself, look back to learn and build up wisdom to take courageous steps forward to serve with her uniqueness of personality and approach. Making herself and the world around so much more happy.

Stop finding scapegoats and building up general excuses why this is not possible for you. That idea only is in your mind. Trust yourself. Find and follow your mastery within. Be the master of your own life. Live your mission, not a hard task and for sure giving you energy, and influence yourself and your environment in a positive way being your uniqueness in flow. 

Frans Captijn
Host / Catalyst / Talenteer at Captijn Insight

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