rex-craft7
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ill say this right now - im not christian. but my friend is a strongly religious person. anyways, my friend is a **** smart kid. his life goal (since i knew him from high school) is to start his own computer science/engineering related company. math/science is his strongest subject, he builds computer programs for fun, reads up on business and marketing FOR FUN, and has been spending the last two years of college taking computer science/business related classes. he recently got accepted into the computer engineering program, and he has 3 days to accept the invitation or not.
but thats not the point. a couple days ago, while we were going someplace to eat dinner, he suddenly stopped in the middle of the street, and he told me that at that moment, he "felt my body shake, felt something come over me, and saw the answer. my purpose is to be a doctor."
he talked to me five hours later, saying he's still firm on being a doctor, and he's not sure if he'll accept the comp engineering acceptance. in his own words, "i dont want to do it, but pre-med gets priority now."
he has never, in all the years ive known him, said he wanted to be a doctor. this is because he hates the medical field (he has no interest in it), hates the idea of being a doctor, has no interest in any of the subjects he has to study in order to become a doctor, and he has other goals.
i dont know if this is because im firmly non-religious, but at the moment, the whole thing just sounds kinda screwed up to me. i mean, if faith is the most important aspect of his life, then by all means.. but personally, i just feel uncomfortable at the moment. i dont want him to do this, but it IS his decision in the end. at the moment, the least im trying to do is get him to at least keep his options open.
ive also heard many people tell me to just "let him do whatever he wants. its his life." but im sorry, he is, and has been, one of my closest friends for many many years, so its impossible for me to just "let him do whatever he wants" and leave it at that. opinions?
but thats not the point. a couple days ago, while we were going someplace to eat dinner, he suddenly stopped in the middle of the street, and he told me that at that moment, he "felt my body shake, felt something come over me, and saw the answer. my purpose is to be a doctor."
he talked to me five hours later, saying he's still firm on being a doctor, and he's not sure if he'll accept the comp engineering acceptance. in his own words, "i dont want to do it, but pre-med gets priority now."
he has never, in all the years ive known him, said he wanted to be a doctor. this is because he hates the medical field (he has no interest in it), hates the idea of being a doctor, has no interest in any of the subjects he has to study in order to become a doctor, and he has other goals.
i dont know if this is because im firmly non-religious, but at the moment, the whole thing just sounds kinda screwed up to me. i mean, if faith is the most important aspect of his life, then by all means.. but personally, i just feel uncomfortable at the moment. i dont want him to do this, but it IS his decision in the end. at the moment, the least im trying to do is get him to at least keep his options open.
ive also heard many people tell me to just "let him do whatever he wants. its his life." but im sorry, he is, and has been, one of my closest friends for many many years, so its impossible for me to just "let him do whatever he wants" and leave it at that. opinions?