Reaching for the skies

Every time I come here I am overwhelmed by the genuine desire if the people I work with to help those less advantaged than themselves. One of my favourite is a wee Cambodian Dr named Sokhan, this is a girl who was so determined to go to high school that she got up at 4am each morning to get her chores done before she walked 2hr to school (each way), she then convinced her parents to give her portion of inheritance early to cover the first year of medical school. She was told that if she did not succeed never to return home!
So anyway... my friend Katherine and I took her out for dinner and cocktails (just 2). The unguarded truth was revealed in the back of the tuktuk on the way home, spralled out to her maximum extension (which meant just reaching the other side of the tuktuk with her toes) and gazing up at the stars she said 'ohhh when I get older and if I had so much money I could get a clinic in my home village, and many people would come and there would be no payment and I would be so happy!'
It was just so touching how this was her dream of dreams, her measure of success, and her source of joy! Truly humbling!