This week in class we had a speaker named Tammy who founded the organization “ABC’s and Rice” located in Cambodia.  People like her make an amazing contribution to change the lives of the people living in poverty without giving up the hope to break the cycle of misery.  She is an inspirational person that motivates people like myself to get involved in helping the people of need with support and guidance.  Just exactly this week I meet a couple in my local shelter at the career center seeking ESL classes.  The man kindly needed assistance in reading and filing medical insurance for his wife who recently had a stroke.  The man has not been working since his wife became sick, and he decided to take over the full time job to care for her.  The man barely makes it, living by check after check.  I was amazed to see this man bring in his wife to learn English as a speech therapy, and at the same time observe this man’s great capacity to see days brighter with positive and energetic actions.  This man story motivated me to see life with great opportunities and appreciate what life grant us with little prosperity.  We may think we have everything in this world, in reality there is no greater fortune, but to have little and be happy owning it.  People like Tammy feel great to give back to those in need the support, care, and affection poor children lack in their homes.  She promote children the possibilities that there are aspirations in life to become someone else other than what they know.  We need people like her to help us see and transform us to become better civilians in our communities.