The art of becoming.
Nov 6 · 4 min read

I’ve always been a big dreamer. As a child, I’d dream of a world without war, poverty or injustice. I’d dream of taking part in humanitarian missions to spread the love of Christ in word and deed. But now I realize I had only dreamed in the way that I was comfortable.

It wasn’t until I completed my J.D. degree and was more than half way through bar prep that I allowed myself and was emboldened to dream even bigger. To one day become a Congresswoman, a UN Ambassador, a judge.

In fifth grade, I remember one of my friends raised her hand to nominate me for class president, but I said “no,” for fear of running and not making it. I…

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