This woman who taught so many so much, and from whose example I learned that nothing is beneath us-—that unclogging toilets goes hand in hand with learning and teaching reading or a foreign language, that a life without striving is a life without value—but also that striving for oneself without raising others up is as pointless as it is morally reprehensible.
Mwanamke huyu aliyenifunza mengine sana, kwa mfano wake nilitabua kwamba hakuna kilicho chini yetu—yakwamba kuzibua misahala ni sawa sawa na kujifunza na kufunza, kusoma au lugha za kigeni, kwamba maisha bila kung’ang’ana ni maisha bila thamani – lakini pia kung’a ng’ana kwa uchoyo bila kuimarisha wengine haina maana na niutozu wa utawa.