SAWL's

When I started at DMNB back in 2021, what struck me 1^st about my class was inspiration about something subtle: my classmates were so ready and willing to share helpful study strategies, resources, carpool to groceries, support each other on rough days, etc, and how much that often mattered more than anything else, and how much more potential we had as a group because of this.  Looking around the room on day 1 in awe that “this is a room of future doctors” meant that kindness became a radical act: tiny activism toward improving the future of healthcare was as simple as supporting each other through this hectic journey.  This hectic journey could best be summarized by some of the quotes I live by, so I’ll end on those 

1. Sometimes life gets in the way of living – I.S. Thomas 
2. We keep passing unseen through little moments in other people’s lives – Robert Pirsig 
3. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. – Oscar Wilde 
4. And don’t you know: almost every star is a sunset somewhere? – Michigander 
5. The limited opportunity: we are only here a moment, it just so happens to last a lifetime – I.S. Thomas 
6. A moment; a smile; a single burst of laughter; that sounds exactly like the rest of my life - TKG 
7. Discomfort is the price of admission on a meaningful life. 
8. Because, so many of us choose our path out of fear disguised as practicality, when what we actually want seems impossible to expect. – J. Carrey 
9. Self care is productive, too 

Namely, med school is a limited opportunity to connect with some amazing peers, to be one positive moment in their lifetime, in the amazing story each is headed toward; and this is all what the SAWL role represents to me on behalf of my class.