With great power comes great responsibility

You know that expression, "When you're a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail?"

I have a fear of turning into that. I do think that there are a fair share of frivolous law suits; people aren't afraid to appear incompetent and stupid in court. (Like this recent Bumbo seat recall?? Come ON. It says on the Bumbo, "For use only on the floor. Do not use on an elevated surface, such as a table or a counter." And yet the company still had to recall the seat to add a safety belt on it because people- you guessed it- used it on an elevated surface, and their babies suffered as a result. Gah.)

But I do have a fear of turning into an exceedingly litigious person. Especially once I know the ins and outs of litigation better. I have no desire to practice litigation, but I really am afraid that once I "have the power," I will use it for my own selfish reasons.

I wonder how lawyers balance that power with the self-restraint necessary to be taken seriously enough to actually effect justice. And maybe some don't, and that's why there are these Bumbo-like cases.  But I don't want to be like that. I filed a complaint today against a company that has been practicing some pretty shady business, especially in regards to our particular account. The excitement I got from submitting the initial phase of a civil suit was really.... frightening, actually. I worry about myself seeing everything as a fight as my education progresses.

With great power, comes great responsibility, right?