Do I Look Like A Pawn? August 28, 2013
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“How can you quit practicing law? Don’t you realize how many women would love to trade places with you?”
“Of course. And now they can.”
“What do you mean?”
“As soon as I resign, they can apply for my position.”
“Haha. Funny.”
“I’m not kidding. They are welcome to it ~ it doesn’t fit me anymore anyway.”
“Be serious. You’re a role model for young girls ~ living proof that women can do anything they want to do.”
“So?”
“So . . . that’s why you can’t quit.”
“OK, let me see if I follow you . . . in order to prove that women can do anything they want to do you want ME to keep doing something I no longer want to do?”
“Exactly.”
“No thanks. Sacrificing my freedom will not enhance their freedom ~ it would just turn me into a pawn.”
Aah . . . that’s better!
Quote to Ponder: Don’t worry about what the world wants from you. Focus on what makes you feel more fully alive. What the world really needs are people who are fully alive.~ Joseph Campbell
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Do you resist being manipulated by public opinion?
If someone tries to play you, do you put them in “check” by highlighting their faulty reasoning or nonsensical logic?
Do tell.
I always wanted to be somebody . . . now I realize I should have been more specific. ~ Lily Tomlin
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