Imperfect

We watched in awe as she stood up and took a slow pace ascending the stairs. As soon as her name was announced, we applaud in honour of a lady who was crippled, yet was to receive her PHD from the Chancellor at the Convocation. What moved us was when the vice-Chancellor helped her to the center stage. I saw with my own eyes how an imperfect being could be crafted and moulded into a graduate, someone just as good if not better than we are. Could we do better than her taking into account the fact that we are not any lesser physically? Or do the words of Mahatma Ghandi actually paint the truth? 'Strength does not come from physical capacity but from an indomitable will'.

-Denise Khoo