la buona vita.

last night, i started the verryyy preliminary stages of looking at law schools, the entering class profile of a few schools with their median gpa, lsat score, and what is required in their application. 

every school wants a personal statement, “why do you want to go to law school? what makes you unique?” ect ect. and then i started thinking, well why do i want to go to law school? i mean, law really interests me. whether it’s federal law or trial law, for some weird reason i think its so intricate and kind of cool (in a nerdy way) that the legal process has so many procedures and steps to make sure to the best of it’s ability that the guilty are proven guilty and the innocent stay innocent. but i’m pretty sure every law school in the country has heard that response before. 

then i started looking at the different types of law, trial, corporate, ect. i came across the subject of human rights on one of the sites, and the more i think about my own life, the more i think that would be the perfect fit for me, and something i could see myself doing until i retire. 

i usually wear a smile, but life has dealt me some really bad hands…like really bad. everyone has their own problems, but coming to irvine and meeting so many good influences there made me realize how many bad ones i had/still have at home. family, friends, teachers, all of it. mostly before college, but during this past year too. untul recently, i though i was destined to fail at everything. but i’ve been realizing…

life isn’t fair. for you, or me, or anyone else. but i’ll die happy knowing that i stood up for what was right, that i didn’t just look the other way, that i helped even one person. life isn’t fair, but despite all i’ve been through, i’m lucky to have the life i do. i have food in my stomach, clothes on my back, a roof over my head, friends and family who care about me. that’s more than a lot of people in the world can say. since i’m blessed to have what i do, i think it’s only right to help people who don’t. 

there’s too many people i see every day who are so indifferent, so passive, so self-absorbed. it makes me sick. i don’t have it all mapped out how i’m going to help yet, but it’s a start.

i’m also starting to realize that the relationships and people you choose to keep close to you either add to or take away from your energy, your time, and your character. and i’m really starting to reevaluate those who cause me more pain than happiness. so, who’s helping you succeed, and who is just holding you back?

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