Keep Going

Like so many journeys we make, we may not always get there as quick as we like. I have been along time on some of mine and I have yet to reach the destination I would dearly love and yet I still keep waiting at that bus stop, getting on that train, walking that road.

But like so many things in life the journey makes us all the more determined to reach our goal, some things may lie just out of our reach but it does not stop us from continuing to strive for them, to keep reaching for them, just in case, one day our fingers finally manage to grasp it and hold onto it for dear life, never letting go.

For me writing has been a journey I have been on all of my life, it is a constant companion which has whispered to me since I was a child, as my student days come to an end, I find Bob motioning at me to “get on with it” In some ways I see the journey in reverse with Bob striving to get to me, that I am his destination and just when he thinks I am within reach, off I go again in another direction.

This journey of mine has been full of revelations, the struggles with procrastination, the ‘B’ word all of us writers hate, the distractions of essays, house work, mobile phones, computers and well..chocolate.

I may have been slower to start my nursing journey but in many ways it has mirrored my writing one. It has been full of trials and tribulations, I have learnt more about myself and the type of nurse I want to be and the journey I want to take. There may be delays up ahead or leaves on the line preventing me from getting there, but it has not stopped me, yes it has shaken me to my core, at times, I have doubted whether I am cut out to do a job I see being done so well by some excellent nurses, questioned my abilities, had any confidence I had knocked out of me, falling flat on my bum (literally so on one occasion) but I have and always will get back up again because much like my writing journey this is a destination I will eventually reach because the fire still burns within me and a new found stubborn sense of determination and in the mean time I will continue to enjoy the ride and maybe just maybe one day Bob will catch up with me too.