A few years ago, I would've said that my dream is to love and be loved in return. To make a difference. To help people. To become a great doctor. To matter. There was really very little I would not do to achieve those things.

Now? Now... I have one simple (but by no means easy) dream -- to hear, "Well done, good and faithful servant," when I go Home one day.

And what would that cost?

Everything. It costs everything.

But, damnit, if there's one lesson that I have learned over and over again in my life, it's that it is so worth it.