the presence of storyteller have to live
up to those expectations and I’ve been
shared two things today eventually we’ll
come up with some meaningful realities
that I have come to understand
throughout this I would say about 35
years of Korea so big from Bombay from
the modest household it was not easy but
there was always mommy at home my mother
had the babes that helped her in all
those shows that were taken care of
so after a small spins job when I went
overseas the reality of Lily’s and that
wasn’t easy
needless to say too many up to the
expectations spark to your life and to
make ends meet
there are lots and lots of changes that
have to be embraced where the smile not
these
cleaning toilets painting scraping
elbows climbing underneath motorcars
everything was something something worth
doing because there was a lesson at the
end of that enjoy throughout this thing
I was reminded of a typical expression
and many of us know that as lkk low-cal
continued interesting way I was doing
this alone so it didn’t matter much
except when I was joined by my better
half interestingly the dynamics changed
being a student with a constraint to
work only on campus I took up a job in
the cafeteria in a McDonald’s amazing
place to work every darn thing had a
can I take me about four days I was
stuck on register and every body that I
had remote even seen in the university
went by and I have to place them with a
smile obvious game say good morning sir
oh man can I take your order and every
time I did that the wife told me what
would my parents take my last name my
colleague extinct my neighborhood state
it wasn’t easy to adjust to that but I
still went on now about three days later
to live up to the expectations of
McDonald’s were and you can’t be idle
you have to always do something of the
other we suddenly had a streak weather
and I didn’t have anything to do and one
of the managers there saw that and white
they came to me and said Santini if
you’re sweet Manama now there’s no shame
in sweeping and mopping but to do it in
a cafeteria we’re about the average of
ten minutes is about I would say 200
people okay even though they’re not
patronizing McDonald’s that LK came to
call and that’s when I decided to be a
little smart because it was not easy
since I was a graduate student not a
schoolboys child so I said to the
manager could you show me how those
means are probably escaping that routine
but the manager wasn’t that forward that
kind of response and I was studying this
whole
– action she went oh I’m sorry
looks like you don’t know how and you
better believe it there was a procedure
for it – and she took me to the back of
the store Gutman group and the mob and
she actually went through the whole
sweep and mop process that time but she
did the whole store and that finally
said now you know how it’s done and
that’s what something lit up and the
point I’m trying to make is something
that is so alien to different cultures
and that is dignity of Labor I have I
was initiated into this beautiful mess
and that was the first story I wanted to
share the second thing was I had a buddy
while I worked there
his name was June now June was homeless
now this process called homeless comes
with a lot of different connotations I
often wonder when he showed up to work
in McDonald’s
how come this guy’s uniform was so
spiffing
how can you were super set a ball where
did he even take a back and being
homeless is not easy but something that
really stood out about youth was 2000
amazing amazing positive presence and
that is something that was
ah state and I guess we all respond to
the question cats are bad but yeah I
always do something to a have lurked
overalls many years and people that know
me wonder because every time they say I
was going I say wonderful and somewhere
in there I took this lesson from June
and he probably took it from somebody
else but June was an individual who
always talked about the two choices he
could make you know I asked him how do
you do it every single day every single
moment in life how can you be so
positive and his answer wise something I
don’t know about you but I always tell
myself have two choices one wake up in
the morning with a bad mood or then tell
myself I’m gonna be good because this
day is better better than yesterday and
it’s going to be better than even
tomorrow it keeps me going
I’ll tell you one thing that happened
with you what fine day
unfortunately you left the back door and
some guys came in
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whatever happened you probably tried to
go to some some of the procedures and he
was completely I guess surprised and he
panicked and you got shot not easy he
wasn’t a bad shape when we discovered
him it was rushed to the hospital and
this is where I wonder how could he keep
this positive attitude so when asked hey
what’s going on in your mind and Jude
said well that door that I accidentally
left and as we were wasting to the from
the triage to the emergency procedure
room it was obvious that everybody felt
something was wrong something was so
wrong that Jude felt it and any years I
would say agony to hurt one of the guys
out there saying excuse me sir are you
allergic to something and Jude’s
response was yes bullets it’s still it’s
so so fresh in my mind how can somebody
keep such an attitude it was his
attitude that stood out next thing it
did not laughter everybody kind of
thought down and he said hey guys I know
you guys are all competent here but when
I came in I couldn’t help noticing that
every one of you were looking at me with
such a strong base that is this guy
going to make through this is this guy
going to live and I’m telling you I have
two choices my choice is I want to live
so operate on me as if that’s what
you’re going to give me that gift
dude lives do live Swift remnants of
those bullets in his body
even today we keep in touch because I
use the magicJack and we’re still in
touch but what I want to say here what
stood out is what I want to share with
you say every single time when people
ask me how’s it going are you doing
doctor sense giving and my response is
wonderful people often will me even
today now yes even today see if I ask
you guys are you guys doing what are you
going to say thank you very much these
are the two things I wanted to share
dignity of Labor and big aptitude which
is going to give you that platform to
make best among the two choices you
always you all have it and that is the
meaning of life thank you very much [Applause]