Moonie's Not So Secret Diary

Updated: Rockstar, writer, or doctor

Prompt: Would you rather be a famous writer, a Rock Star or a Doctor who finds a cure for cancer?

Well, I'd first considered a famous writer, since even writers can help people understand what works and what doesn't and he or she might discover what works in the process.

And in that way they could save a life, or make life better for the future.

Yet, a doctor, who discovers a cure for cancer, or even a preventative care from getting it, is something to be proud of too. I'm thinking that they'd have to be scientists to truly figure it out.

Then again, they are like scientists in some ways.

Many wonderful doctors exist who truly care for thier patients. They are brilliant, and loving doctors like that.

Still, it seems like they are rushed into discovering too many things too fast before they become doctors, I think. They have to soon choose thier specialty and are limited to that.

They are dedicated to serving others, and it's an honorable thing that they do with true empathy.

I can say that I have had wonderful doctors, but also ones that don't seem to pay attention. They send people home with pills to mask the pain, who without a proper diagnosis, it could make things worse or even kill them.

And so there it is. Maybe it's akin to having an excellent automotive mechanic or someone that really doesn't have that expertise, yet seems so at first. Or maybe they too only specialize in certain things or just a general overall basic stuff.

I especially dislike when someone lies to me about repairs. It has happened to friends of mine too. I'm a woman, but I'm not stupid.

Even some men don't know about their cars or fix them themselves. That doesn't make them stupid either.

The fact is that until you've done something, you can't possibly know for sure that you can't do it successfully. If you try, you might discover that you've accomplished something. You might not fail. If you don't try at all, you've already failed.


Heres an example. It's an experience I had with my own car. Have I ever removed and replaced my front bumper after a car accident cracked it? No.

Yet, that doesn't mean I couldn't, if I knew how. I had someone trying to make me feel stupid. Instead, I felt shamed as if I had no right to at least try. I don't have the $3,000 they claim would be the cost. I don't believe thier estimate is correct.

Well, that's thier problem if they honestly have no faith in me. I will try.

It's sad that we pay others to do stuff, then when we can't pay we don't know how to fix things, whether it's cars or carpentry, or plumbing, or whatever other fields of study we no longer have access to.

* I have more to say on this, so I will continue it on my next blog. Here's the link to the next one.

"Car Repair Example"