"Up to that point I had always known logically that I could choose not to study law. But emotionally it had never been an option. That's when I realized that in sacrificing my power to choose I had made a choice--a bad one. By refusing to choose "not law school," I had chosen law school--not because I actually or actively wanted to be there, but by default. I think that's when I first realized that when we surrender our ability to choose, something or someone else will step in to choose for us."