I've spent the majority of my last few weeks of summer catching up on "Grey's Anatomy," along with a few outdoor adventures, some internships, and spending time with friends and family. I never thought I would be interested in a medical show, and after I had heard about how stressful the series can be, I had stayed away from "Grey's Anatomy" for as long as I could. In my freshman year of college, I caught a few episodes with a friend who was trying to catch up on previous seasons, and fell madly in love with the storyline and the characters, but most of all, the life lessons that emerge in the midst of dire times. I'm a sucker for good quotes and lessons that further our sense of being, so naturally, I decided to compile a list of the best and most important lessons I've learned from this show thus far:
1. "Change is literally the only constant: energy, matter, it's always changing. Morphing. Merging. Growing. Dying. It's the way people try not to change that's unnatural" (Season 7, Episode 1).
"How we experience change, that's up to us. It can feel like death, or it can feel like a second chance at life."
2. "Have some fire. Be unstoppable. Be a force of nature" (Season 4, Episode 15).
3. "You can see the advice of others, surround yourself with trusted advisors. But in the end, the decision is always yours and yours alone. And when it's time to act and you're all alone with your back against the wall, the only voice that matters is the one in your head. The one telling you what your already knew. The one that's almost always right" (Season 8, Episode 16).
4. "It doesn't matter how tough we are. Trauma always leaves a scar ... [It] messes everybody up. But, maybe, that's the point. All the pain and the fear and the crap. Maybe going through that is what keeps us moving forward. It's what pushes us. Maybe we have to get a little messed up before we can step up" (Season 5, Episode 19).
5. "We can start over. Every day. We get second chances to become what we always wanted to be. We can leave our past behind, or we can learn from it. And honor it. We can decide. It's never too late to change" (Season 12, Episode 12).
