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in the same line of the historical Greats I hope that one day I can point to this
who create civilisations. Will I ever be person who has accomplished great
able to escape from this banality? Will I things and say “Hey, I taught that fella
ever be able to unhinge myself from the some years ago!” That, to me, becomes
inevitability of banality? the defining moment where I rediscover
the joy of living. Even though I know
that my younger self would have looked
It’s been more than a decade since I left upon my current self in disdain, I know
my hometown, embarking onto a journey that I have made the right choice, as a
to seek this promised land that remains struggling student being able to clutch
elusive to me. “What is my place in this success (as defined by passing his English
world” becomes an existential question term exam for the first time) is good
which I dread answering. However, it is enough to put a smile on my face. It fuels
in my current vocation, the industry that me to keep teaching, keep educating, and
I deign too noble for an ordinary man keep inspiring.
like me to dip my pinky toes in, where I
discover my true calling.
No longer am I rolling the stone up,
only to have it escaped from my grasp
Being the architect of the soul might and rolled to the bottom. No longer am
not attract glamour and applause from I confined by my seemingly dull life. No
the crowd, but its essence is to assist longer am I questioning my place in this
the willing and able to accomplish their world. Instead, I live to educate students.
dreams. In an odd twist, I derive my I forsake my dreams, so that they can
sense of identity and satisfaction from build theirs. I live for their glory, rather
the degree and extent whose mind I have than my own.
touched to be able to achieve things far
greater than anyone in history.
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