As PRP draws to an end, more roads start to emerge.

Career path? Serving direction? 

These are hard questions indeed, often asked with no clear answers. 

However, I am reminded to take life one step at a time. 

My work is a good example.

Everyday is unexpectable. At the outpatient dispensing counter, it is vital to take things one step at a time. If not, we will literally go crazy with the Diner Dash work pace. 

Workflow: Take the bakul, breathe, "kill" the number, wait for the patient, smile at the patient, ask for their MRN, dispense according to the screen, write the date for next pharmacy visit, repeat everything pronto. 

The interesting thing about dispensing (and in fact, all customer service related jobs) is that humans are highly unpredictable. And I have found that it is a reminder that since we take our patients one step at a time, why not our life too?

Sometimes we want to take control of our lives by planning meticulously, but we need to remember that we can plan, but God is the master planner. And when things go differently from our plan, we need to learn to surrender to His plan, for there are certainly things that we could not see but would be revealed in the future.    

In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.- Proverbs 16:9 (NIV)

TL;DR Plan, but don't put too much pressure on planning because God is the master planner. Ask God for His wisdom and seek His heart when planning. Take life one step at a time, don't rush off to the next destination without taking time to smell the flowers. 

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