Is it a vocation or just a fad?

Ask any fourth year graduating student on what course would he or she take for college and most of them would definitely answer – Nursing.

Let us admit it, Nursing has been one of the most enrolled courses here in the Philippines. It is because of its easy access in going abroad because of its high demand as well. People could easily earn dollars from it. Parents nowadays force their child to choose Nursing as a course thinking that it would surely be a solution to their financial problems. They are even willing to spend very high tuition fees just for the sake of taking up the course. Doctors even take up Nursing too just to go abroad.

I would be a hypocrite if I would say that I did not dream of becoming rich. I have always been, coming from a family whose parents just have a humble income. I have always been wanting to earn a big amount of money to help my parents with our needs. But if this would be my prime reason to take up the course, I will never do it.

I have always believed that happiness is not a matter of destiny but a matter of choice and that I would only be happy if I choose things that would make me happy. I think being a nurse is a job that requires one to really have a big heart to care for those who are sick. I am sad to say that I do not have that big heart. It is not that I do not care for the sick people but that I just cannot see myself doing it. Meaning, it is not what I want to do in life. It is not what I am imagining to do when I grow up. It is not my passion. It is not what makes me happy in short.

When I will become a nurse, I will be exposed to blood, wounds and those other kinds of stuff. I, personally freak out when I see these things. I just cannot stand touching it or even looking at it for a long time especially those things that I see on television when people are being brought to the emergency room. I also get to be exposed to various kinds of diseases since I will be working in a hospital. I just cannot imagine myself doing it.

Yes, I could get so many benefits when I choose the course. I would surely be able to get a big amount of money, provide the needs of my family and can easily go abroad as well. But in the end I would not be happy about it because it is not my choice.

I hope that the students who would be taking up Nursing will think twice if it is really what they want to do in life. It should be their passion. I pity those who are just forced by their parents to take it up. I wish you could do something about it. Always remember that happiness is always a matter of choice.