In Becoming by Being, author Dede W. Casad begins with her own experience of personal growth. She describes the mountains to climb, the paths of seeking and searching, the joys of accomplishments, the lessons from disappointments and defeats, and above all the thrill of the journey. In the introduction to her book, the author writes: "So the becoming I seek is the becoming that is to be achieved in being all that I am intended to be. And the method I have begun to follow is the only becoming method I know: to learn by doing and to become by being."