I am a pharmacist. I know anyone who reads this is already fully aware of that fact, but lets examine the meaning of that statement. A quick google search will define a pharmacist as a person who, being trained in pharmaceuticals, accepts a physicians order, evaluates the appropriateness of this order, then dispenses medication to the patient. You’ll notice that I am not mentioned in that definition. In fact, nowhere, in any definition of a pharmacist, will you find my name. Why? Because I do not define the profession of pharmacy just as the profession of pharmacy does not define me.
Yes, I am a pharmacist. This is an entirely true statement. I am also a Christian, a husband, a friend. I am insecure. I am willing to learn new things. I am so much more than only a pharmacist.
I absolutely want to be a successful and effective in my career. Despite constant frustrations with my current position, I am doing what I was meant to do. I firmly believe it is my path to impact peoples lives through this profession. However, it is more important to me to become a great husband, and one day, a wise, caring father. My friends are very valuable to me; I aspire to be as good to them as they are to me. Laugh if you will, but I dream of being a musician. I long to be able to express myself through music, even if no else ever hears it. A person is truly defined by their choices, their aspirations, their experiences. All of these things make up who a person is and who they will become.
Definitively, I am not a pharmacist. I am Josh and we will just have to leave it at that…
this totally speaks to my menfolk twitter poll yesterday.
i appreciate your candor. and while this post is written with the tentativeness of someone who is earnestly parsing out the important things in life – to me its filled with hope. the fact that you really believe relationships are tantamount is a testament that you are better off than you think.