Sometimes when you hit that bottom level, depressed, exhausted and worn out, it takes a voice from outside to encourage you to pick yourself back up and move forward again.

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"Once you submit your papers and passport, along with the visa fee - which is by the way non-refundable and ridiculously priced - there's normally a 15-working day period after which you are called back to pick up your passport and your visa which you may or may not get, " he said.

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"No matter if you get derailed, if you just pick yourself up again and get back on track, it makes a big difference, " she said.

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But when you fall, the real test is whether you can ignore the naysayers, pick yourself up and come back stronger.

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Because only when you accept responsibility for your mistakes can you learn from them, pick yourself up, and come back stronger and better than before.

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When did you decide that you wanted to pick up this mantel - first of all, to go back to Sierra Leone, and secondly, to really deal with the hospital as it is today?

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