3. the nature of law school helps you learn to give your best without comparing yourself to others (i think, although i know some would argue). you don't ever really know how you're doing in law school, and sometimes i've found at least for me, when i do know how i'm doing compared to everyone else, there is the temptation to perform based on the way i perceive others as doing--which could mean you either perform lower than what you're capable of bc that's all that seems necessary, or you don't try bc everyone else is so far ahead of you it's not worth it to do more bc you'll never catch up. i think those things can still happen, but it seems to happen a lot less, at least it does for me. (that's why this is i love the law and law school.)
4. law school cares enough about you/believes in your capacity to succeed that it pushes us to do hard things and doesn't respond to moments of weakness where we yell, "stop!" "no more!"
Additional thought from CS Lewis..
"So god is something like a divine physician. A cruel man might be bribed--might grow tired of his vile sport--might have a temporary fit of mercy, as alcoholics have temporary fits of sobriety. But suppose that what you are up against is a wonderfully skilled surgeon whose intentions are solely and absolutely good. Then, the kinder and more conscientious he is, the more he cares about you, the more inexorably he will go on cutting in spite of the suffering it may cause. And if he yielded to your entreaties, if he stopped before the operation was complete, all the pain up to that point would have been useless."
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