When I grow up
When asked what I am going to do when I grow up
I have a spitfire answer
I am going to become an oil & gas lawyer
When asked how I am going to get there
I can tell you my calculated steps:
I am going to graduate undergrad
Join the military
Go to law school
Somehow join a firm
When asked what my dream job is,
I go down a slightly different path
One, where I don’t know how I would get there
But if I could find a way
I know I would have an endless passion for my work
When I think about my dream job
I picture an international job
Working as an international lawyer
Working with issues of human rights
International corporations
Transational issues
Feeling like I have an impact on something bigger
When I am asked what my dream job is
There’s not spitfire answer
No detailed plan
But there’s a dream
To return to my college
And inspire someone the way I was inspired
I know what my dream is
Reality, is finding the way to get there.