Been a while since my last post, huh?
Actually I don't have any expectation that anyone would read my blog, but hey, some people do! Well the pressure is really on now! LOL
My internship now has passed the fifth month and I have moved to the community health center (Puskesmas/ PKM-red) rotation. It was located in Madapangga village, far away from Bima city, about 60 minutes by car. The village was located between hills and rice fields, reminds me of my dad's hometown. We live in our supervisor's home (which is humongous!) and we are provided with a motorcycle and an ambulance (both vehicles are as old as me) as our transportation means.
Well so much for intro!
This week was frankly a very hard week for me. Me and the rest of the gang somehow were faced to a series of unfortunate events each and every day of the week. Starting from the broken stove, then comes the broken water pump, then our old ambulance called it quit and refused to be driven! To sum it up, our only hope, our old old motorcycle, got flattened tire. Altogether with my premenstrual syndrome it was indeed a stressful week for me. But then I got a clear message today:
"As much as I want to complain about everything, life always shows me that I don't deserve to."
This afternoon I have to drag myself to buy groceries. Half tired and half grumbling, I pedaled my bike unwillingly to the market, 2 miles away from our house. On my way to the market, a guy passed my bike. He looks just like a normal guy, until my sight flashed through his legs. This guy only used one leg to pedal his bike. What about the other leg? It WAS there, but it was smaller then the other leg and it couldn't reach the bike's pedal, so it was rested on the pillar of the bike. He was cycling with one leg!
My heart was instantly shrunken. Wow, just in time I couldn't stop squawking about things, and BAM! this single-leg-biking guy hit me and shout to my mind "you have no clue about what you're complaining about!" I was so ashamed with the fact that I pray every morning that I can be content with what life gives me, but at the end of the day I refuse it. One of my friend said, "each moment in life is all we need". It is true. Whether we are in pain or in gain, just go through it in positive way because in both both ways, life is maturing us.
I'd like to end this post with a quote:
"If life gives you lemon, make lemonade out of it (or lemon tea, or cocktail, or anything! :p)"
