不能選擇的使命




今天，感謝朋友的陪伴，探望我喜歡的『貓醫生』，我雀躍地跟她分享了一些心理學書本和網上討論渠道之餘， 也可以一齊做一些伸展，身心好像多了一份温暖的感覺，注入了多巴胺dopamine，也增加了與友人互動關懷所產生的oxytocin催產素。

人與人的接觸，真的不要介懷接受別人的幫助，其實別人也可能得著不少。我期望身體回復狀態，能夠讓我再次投入義務工作和閱讀更多。年青時，在公關公司工作時，同事都著意自己有否『自我提升 (grow)』的機會，新一代希望在工作中有更多發揮和自主性，原來已經不再年青的我，也希望像新一代畢業生般在工作中享受這份自主的滿足感，而不只是聽從指示辦事，我深信每個人都有其長處，冀能得到別人的信任和尊重，發揮當中的『使命』，令自己更熱愛生命。

晚上如常追看電視劇，劇中的一位醫生心𥚃有點感到不安—醫生的使命是挽救生命，不能計較病人的背景、就算病人做盡壞事，醫生不能有私心，不能拒絕不治療病人，遇到一些罪犯，內心可能有點掙扎，但亦要保持專業的精神。

我們活著的大環境似乎越來越多東西不在我們掌握和控制之內，工作環境也是一樣。我們的誕生，必有其獨特使命，只要努力不懈，終能夠發揮所長，這份使命感也會轉化成為滿足感，推動我們更加享受生命。

我要學習心理學家Angela Duckworth提出Grit堅毅的精神，在熱情passion和毅力perseverance方面多加努力。

#grit

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