Passion for the People: Life-long Student

What does it take to inspire an impoverished spirit? A spirit devoid of all hope and trust in a system that has continuously failed it. A spirit that has been broken down to its very core by the very vessel that postulates that it is there to help. Frankly, everyday that I go home and have to see the broken spirits of those on the streets, I grapple and fight with this very question because I don't know. I am an academician, a professional student that enjoys learning, which affords me a wealth of knowledge on the problems but sometimes it stops short of meaningful solutions that can deliver. Volumes and volumes of works exist to explore the realm of the social enigma in which perplexes us all as we begin to speculate on what we believe we should do. However, when faced in front of the belly of the beast, staring at broken spirits, the theoretical doctrines disconnect me and put me at a loss. It is at this point that my books cannot reconcile their realities. The reality is that as I embark on this pursuit to be a public servant, I must understand that I will never cease to be a student first, willing to learn and be transformed by the realities and truth of those in which I seek to serve. It is when the public servant believes that she has learned enough about the problem that impairs her ability to be a servant for a meaningful solution to those she seeks to help the most.