Caritas.

Third year's first semester proved to be such a tough semester that taught me how to value patience and to have an unshakable faith in Allah (Subhanah Wa Ta’alaa),for without these two traits one’s plans are deemed to a definite failure.

Despite the grotty quality of Kasr Al Aini labs and the inevitability of being told off by any professor for the mere reason of asking a question that’s considered by their means ‘off-topic’ ,I’ve grown to adore the nature of our field and to ponder, continuously, on the endless incidents that make my life as a medical student meaningful.

Change being the only constant is what my friends and I have grasped after spending some three years over here, yearning for the day on which we can finally get to help a suffering soul. One day we’re rolling around in happiness, only to be crying in silence the very next day.

Perhaps things as subtle as the cleaning lady’s patter as she sweeps the library floor, can make my day. It’s not merely because of that physical act of cleanliness bringing about an upbeat to the surroundings ( for cleanliness in Kasr Al Aini is INDEED something ungraspable :D); it’s mainly because of the remembrance of endless bounties that Allah has showered our lives with that her act brings along. Such a remembrance is never so well circumscribed than when seeing misery in those tired eyes, sweeping away piles of dust along with pain ,hunger and a lot more…bashfulness is what stops them from asking for help, yet only God knows how much happiness is added to their lives once you drop a pound or two on the closest counter…

 

Down through the days things start to look up. Parents trust  me with many things that make me feel like a real grown up. Driving to college is a product of these acts of trustworthiness,I like it .Yet it burdens me with all that is to come with adulthood, starting off with a change in lingo,passing through an endless list of ‘how to make best use out of time’ and ending at some unavoidable stuff about respecting everyone’s opinion and NEVER belittling a human’s mind,for  all minds have their own prefrontal cortex that gives them a capacity for intentionality, in other words every one is capable of doing almost everything you do, had they got the chances for it...