Have you ever noticed how some things can slip by when your attention is elsewhere? My attention is usually on the patients I’m helping, so it was only this afternoon when talking to a patient who wanted to know how I came to be a herbalist that I realised that this week is quite a big deal for me.
Why? Well, it’s because 30 years ago this very week, I passed my final clinical exam and qualified as a herbalist. 30 years ago. That feels like a long time. Ask any herbalist and they are very likely to tell you that the FCE is the most daunting experience they have ever had. I am no exception. It was a gruelling experience; years of study and training, all coming to this one point where you have to demonstrate you are fully competent and can be called a herbalist.
And to think I almost let the occasion pass by unnoticed.
30 years ago. I feel blessed to have had all those years in practice and to have been able to help so many people. I’m wondering now if I’ll still be working in another 30 years’ time. I certainly hope so.
I think I might have to celebrate!
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