Good Moments

Leslie, I cannot commend you enough for this authentic work. I learnt much from the trip. As much as I joined the company of all these real loving people, my love for scholarship had never being that rekindled. More importantly, the trip reinforced my faith that scholarship should be an altruistic, down-to-earth, dynamic, and accomodating pursuit befitting the humblest of humankind. From Emily to Thoreau to Emerson to Hawthorne, humility, industry, love, and authenticity were all I saw. I had long thought that my generation had lost men and women of their caliber forever. You prove that I was wrong. Perhaps I should be less pessimistic and cynical of this generation's ability to thread the path of the past heroes. We seem to be so materialistic in our aspirations and ideals so much so that we have lost touch with the heroic ideals of social communality and moral essence. Regrettably, the institutions that are thriving today aid and abet the social decay one way or another, knowingly and/or unknowingly. Keep up the good work! Your toils will not be in vain.You touched me. There are many more out there.(FA)