One Man's Dream: Luke Lin

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	A Sale and a Talk with Luke at School

	A Sale and a Talk with Luke at School by Chi-lian Hong
	Today was an important day for the Cyberfair team. We organized a charity sale to raise money for Luke’s organization. All students at school donated a used item to this good cause.

	Early in the morning, we went to the counselor’s office to take out the donated items. We saw boxes of dolls and toys. There are only 57 students at our school, but surprisingly we got so many things for this sale. At first, it was a mess as we didn’t know how to sort them out. Our teachers helped us with this by assigning a different task to each of us. Some items didn’t look good, but we were still very grateful to receive all donations and tried to do a good job with sorting. We hoped that our sale would go well and raise some money for Luke’s program.

	After we finished our work, Luke came to our school for another interview. This time we asked him to share some of his setbacks in his volunteer career. Luke said he didn’t feel sad even if people were not supportive, because he knew he was doing the right thing. Helping others made him feel happy. It was also great for his personal growth, because he could discover his own blind spots in the process of helping others.

	Over the past decade, Luke has had many experiences in which people promised to help, but didn’t follow through. In each case, he had to do more of the work himself. Luke told us that the motivation of doing something is important. It is a determining factor in your success. The more you expect, the more likely it will be for you to be disappointed. So do things according to your own ability and the resources you have. Don’t do things that are beyond your control simply because you want to look good. One of the things that impressed me the most was that even though Luke was often troubled by a duodenal ulcer, he still worked very hard. It is obvious he really wanted to have a good impact on others. I really admire him for this. Unfortunately, not everyone understood Luke’s choice of paths. Both his father and father-in-law always felt he had made a poor choice when he left his secure teaching job. I can imagine how much pressure Luke must have felt after he decided to do what he is doing now. After the interview, I admire him even more for his courage and willingness to face frustrations.


	One Man’s Dream: Luke Lin