Did I dare to apply for the position? As a junior lawyer, I asked myself this question about a job at the law firm where I was doing my training. Over the next two years my fellow junior lawyers and I would be rotating between four different practice areas, and our current task was to apply—and compete—for the limited pool of positions available.
I knew the area of law I was interested in, but I was also afraid to step forward and declare it. There was only one position on offer in that particular area, and I had heard that many of us would be vying for it. What if I took what someone else really wanted—would they lose out? Would they resent me? Or if I got it, what if I failed—what would I do with the disappointment? What would it mean for my career?
It was at this point of turmoil that I came to my senses. My spiritual senses.
