The change begins with you

What would a father give to a daughter if he did not have so much to give? Not being the world's richest man, he would not give me a legacy on a silver platter. But being a teacher's son himself, he knew the power that knowledge held. And this power was hidden. It was the power in reading, discovering knowledge, being knowledgeable and speaking with courage and confidence with that knowledge. Each day he brought back The New Vision with a children's section. What I remember about the children's magazine was the dotted puzzle that was so intriguing, the inspirational stories about children I admired to be, faces of models of Araparapa kids models, child musicians like Baby Gloria, short stories etc.  Then the story books started trickling in. One such a story that stuck to my memory to this day was about a Golden Statue Prince who instructed a poor girl to sell out, one by one, his precious jewels including his golden feathers, magical sword, and eyes, to save his suffer