In order to make positives out of my negatives, I believe in the Chinese ideogram that says obstacle and challenge are really the same thing - it's all in how you approach the problem. I work hard to keep my moods in a positive flow, and although we humans are sometimes the product of our emotions, professionals strive to control emotions and see life in its full perspective.

As to motivation, I am a highly inspired person, and I pride myself on finishing what I start. My impulses are nearly always fully under control as I have rehearsed channeling them into productivity. My people skills, which I learned in large part from my parents, are well defined and well developed. All my life I have enjoyed meeting and knowing people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and as a healthcare professional I will be fully ready to put my skills to work every day.

And further, I can be happy rather than sad by simply looking at the blessings I have been given in this wonderful life. My six healthcare-related characteristics include: compassion (in the spirit of Indira Gandhi); patience; fortitude (in the face of the most heart-rending health crises); integrity; and an abiding faith and understanding of others' needs. I do enjoy people, I am eager to serve others, I do accept differences in others who are not like me, and also I pride myself in being firm with dignity when firmness is required. Co-dependence is a trap that I have always avoided, and there is no reason to believe at my age and with my experience that I would succumb to co-dependence now.