Two sides to every story...

Finals week...only three terms to go after this & I will have my B.S. in Legal Studies!!!
I am just finishing up Public Administration and Management and Administrative Law.  I have loved the Master's class, but the law class was pretty good as well.  As someone who has often been in management and leadership roles, it strikes me as funny the things that I have taken for granted in my life.  For example, it never occurred to me that perhaps I couldn't do something - I was raised to believe that I was just as capable and smart as the next person....it never occurred to me that I did not have the skill set to complete any undertaking.  Failure was not an option - I am my Father's daughter. That is not to say that I don't experience failures - I have certainly had my share.  What it does mean is that I have tried, in everything I have ever done (with the exception of my personal life-another story for a different day perhaps), to do my best - and I have taken pride in doing a good job, in giving my employer a good day's work for a good (not always) day's pay.  Obviously, in studying the law and the political process in the United States, I have come across some shocking things.  I have also come across some really heart-warming moments as well.  Times where we, as a people, were better than we ever thought we could be.  For every horror story we heard about Hurricane Katrina, I can point to some wonderful moments in humanity; for every injustice that victims have endured when the bad guys gets off on a technicality, I can show you a juvenile that was able to be rehabilitated and is a productive and fruitful member of society.  There are two sides to every story, and I am struck by the naivety that anyone thinks they know it all.  You can learn something from everyone you encounter - even if it is how NOT to be.  Sometimes that lesson is just as important as learning who you DO want to be.  I want to be me, but BETTER.  I pray for that every single day.