Face of Purpose

I grew up facing poverty. My parents took us their 2 daughters to slum areas giving poor families food, extending medical help, listening to painful stories, carrying fragile bodies into our young arms. It's the same fragile bodies I saw growing up on tv in Africa and other parts of the world.  Inspired by my parents who kept telling us when we were kids to give back to our community I continually serve the community, with my time, my love, and my money.  And as i earn my own money, i adopt a community/cause and donate to them.  Until i learn a different way of giving by enabling them.

In 2009, a group of new found friends who share the same vision, started a social enterprise with technology as it's medium.  I first socialized with micro small enterprises who got the gut to start a business but was cut off the profit because of "abusive" middle men.  We intervened to empower them, we tried to put an end to it until what should have been a sustainable undertaking turned into donee-donor relationship; until we run out of funds.  Each of us, went back to our professional careers but in my mind i will go back to social entrepreneurship in time.  That is the cause i wish to take, the reason for keeping at hand my involvement with an asian economic group whose trust is the same. 

Meanwhile as i continue with my work as a servant leader.  I find it fulfilling to help various teams be better in how they do their work, be more productive, be focused and be cleared of any impediments.  I find it exciting to be faced with different challenges to solve and to get people to collaborate to get a resolution.  

I love people.  I love being of service to them.  I love to be an advocate for those without voice.  I love being with different cultures. There is that feeling of unity in diversity that i can't explain - it takes to see my heart to feel it.  And i feel that there is a purpose waiting for me to face - beyond what the eyes can see...