I am working on a document that is the most challenging task I have taken on to date. Harder even than my dissertation.

I have a glimpse. I have an opportunity to prove that I am more than my skills and degrees. My value added is not merely the sum total of my literacy and organizational skills. I can be strategic. I can be...

In doing so, I am coordinating pieces from other people from work. Tonight I read that from my boss. And I was humbled.

What she wrote was beautifully and thoughtfully crafted business prose. Her word selection. Her sentence structure. Everything worked together to communicate her message, her ideas.

Equally important was the substance of what she wrote. Simply put, she gave me pause.

Will I be able to do the same?