During summer breaks from Harvard Law School, most of my classmates worked at well-paying jobs in the corporate and government sectors, polishing credentials and opening doors to important political and economic relationships.
I took long rides, crisscrossing the United States, traveling in and out most of the country’s 50 states, sleeping in countless KOA campgrounds, and visiting sites I had only read about – aware that I would never again have the freedom to take 10 – 12 weeks off from external responsibilities.
At times, I doubted the wisdom of my approach to impending professionalism. After all, wasn’t I foregoing one of the most significant benefits of a top tier Ivy League education?
Despite such nagging thoughts, my decision felt right. Besides, I trusted myself to rise to whatever challenges awaited, despite the lack of summer training.
One might think that during such times, I walked alone.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
From as long as I can remember, I’ve had this desire to make the world a more compassionate place for all of us.
That’s why I went to law school. That’s why I took summer breaks off.
Now, I understand my summer breaks were necessary to rejuvenate – and to store up the inner resolve that I would later need to positively contribute to a world divided by cultural, racial, ethnic, and religious animosities.
My path, back then, followed the light of a spirituality whose goal is to help bring harmony to a suffering world.
My path, today, creating a site outside my law practice, hoping to positively influence the lives of diverse peoples throughout the world, follows that same light.
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