Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a trailblazer. She has a lot of firsts to her name along with a list of accomplishment we all can dream about. However, her work didn't just help her earn a spotlight, but helped address the issues of sexism, gaining more rights for women and other groups along the way. She was one not to just fight for causes she cared about, but to rally others to fight for the same cause. She also reminded us that the challenges we face in life are but opportunities for the future. She was an example of how you can use an obstacle and turn it into an opportunity. Many of us are facing that dilemma as we see the challenges ahead of us. From our own personal struggles to the struggles of this nation. Instead of becoming discouraged, her passing should remind us that we must continue the fight, much like the message with the passing of John Lewis. She also encouraged others to not react out of emotion and to tune out the negative rhetoric, something we hear way too much today. Sadly, Ginsburg had to leave with the world in chaos. Most knew she was fighting as long as she could because she knew how important it was to survive. However, while she did not live to see a woman president or left when we are facing issues we've never faced before to this degree. she left us a mission to continue fighting so that all her work doesn't go to waste. Instead of bowing out when times get tough, we should be hopeful knowing that opportunities await and when other spew hatred, lies and sling mud, keep your eyes focused on what's ahead. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is not going anywhere. Her message and her fight will continue to live on and along with being a figure that will be remembered forever for what she did in law, she will also forever be immortalized as the RBG. You truly fulfilled your role of being "someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability," and then some. Rest in Peace.
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