My favorite line from my favorite book reads
When you really want something, the only Universe will conspire to help you get it
Before I applied to Teach For America, I felt so convicted to join this movement that was so eager to empower children and, in turn, communities through education. I was certain that no post-college experience would match TFA, I knew that it was what I really wanted, and I felt the Universe conspiring to help me get it. Now, after Teach For America, my convictions are just as strong, but the venue in which those convictions surface is ambiguous, at best.
I want to absorb sadness
I want to empower girls and women
I want educate the poor
I want to rally communities around meaningful causes
I want to eradicate injustice
I want to connect with people
I want to share with people and learn from people
I want those around me and then those around those to feel secure in themselves
I want kindness to trump kindness
I want attention to defeat ignorance
I want people to be happy and confident and passionate
I want to experience the depths of love by spanning worldly corners and taking it all in
And then, I really want to write it all down. In what venue do such wants matriculate? In what facet can the Universe conspire?
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