I have always enjoyed reading or watching stories of remarkable individuals, the ordinary to the extraordinary, the impossible to the possible because it inspires me. Stories that bring us optimism, hope and courage. Sometimes, seeing is believing and when a spark is ignited within us, we learn and grow within ourselves that our ability to respond is limitless.
Ruth Ginsburg, Supreme Court justice for 27 years. She is the standard of courage, intellect and heart. Every significance case brought before the Supreme Court in the 70s on behalf of women, bore her mark.
In her quest to finding employment after graduating from Harvard Law school, she found herself with three strikes in society – she was Jewish when antisemitism was rife, she was a woman and lastly, she was a mother. She became a lawyer when women were not wanted by the majority of those practising law.
Through life’s journey, when she finds herself asking herself “do you really want this?” and if the answer is ‘yes’, this is followed by her own voice telling her “then, you will find a way”. In a thoughtful eulogy “Ruth saw beyond the world she was in, she believed that life should be different, she imagines a new world and makes that new world a reality in her lifetime.
At the time when she was teaching law at Rutgers University, women were making claims against them that they hadn’t before. As a volunteer lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union, she reviewed every federal decision about women’s rights or the lack of and decided to devote the entire decade of the 70s to see what she could contribute for society’s betterment and it became her life’s work.
Her advise for girls “Go for it. You can make your dreams come true if you’re willing to put the hard work.” Her advise for boys “Don’t miss out on the joys and the burdens of raising your children.”
Our ability to respond is limitless. #LimitlessResponseAbility
Tune in to Ruth on the Netflix series ‘Live to Lead’.
Awaken Your Inner Journey 