One of My Role Models and Inspirations

Recently, we celebrated my mom's graduation from her Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) course she took. She got first place in her college, what an excellent achievement! And most of her coursemates are half her age. Throughout the duration of the course, half of the class dropped out while she's been scoring an average of 90+ percent everytime! She showed that at 63, age is no barrier to learning and success.

When my mom was a young student at school, she received awards for being the top scorer in subjects like Maths. Her school Principal encouraged her to pursue higher achievements in education. But born in a family where her dad discouraged daughters to study, her progress was restricted severely. Her formal education ended too soon, to her Principal's disappointment.

As an adult my mom would self-learn and pick up many useful tips from practitioners in TCM. As a young boy I didn't understand (many times embarassed) why my mom would ask question after question and bug the chinese physicians endlessly (and shamelessly!). Later I understood the value of persistence. Throughout the years, she had treated us and many others where western's wisdom of health seems so much more inferior (and expensive!) in comparison. Now she has formalized her education, with a valuable certificate for being No. 1. She can choose to make big bucks out of it, but no. She studied it for the joy and love of knowledge and helping people. She's been giving free treatments to family members and even outside strangers at a charity center.

What can I say about my mom? She showed there's really no end to learning, not for knowledge sake alone, but for saving and improving lives. My whole family is so proud of my mom. My inspiration!

"Formal education will make you a living, self-education will make you a fortune" Jim Rohn