Chapter 17

"It's okay not to be okay." I started with a smile plastered in my face.

I was invited as a guest speaker in my Alma Mater and was tasked to give a motivational speech for the nursing graduates. I graduated with the highest Latin honor in both my premed and medical course and topped the Physician Licensure examination.

"There were times in our lives that we feel sad and it's okay. We are broken, exhausted, tired and helpless, it's okay. We cry, we weep, we shed buckets of tears, it's okay. We scream, we yell, we shout, still, it's okay. It is okay not to be okay. But you know what's not okay?"

Tumigil ako sa pagsasalita at nakangiting tumingin sa kanila.

"It's not okay to dwell with that emotions forever. You can be sad, broken or exhausted but make sure, after that you will rise, you will stand up, you will move one and be the best version of yourself."

"Since we were young, we were taught to always be the best. And to be the best means to be the greatest among others. Do you ag