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Amara was a firm believer that some people were lucky in life and others were meant to struggle. She was in the second group.
She had a poor childhood in a small village. Her parents were impoverished farmers and sometimes the family would only eat one meal per day. Amara loved school, despite the difficulties. Her aspiration was to become a teacher, to help children like her who had big dreams, but little opportunity.
One morning her father came home from the farm with a bad news.
“Amara,” he whispered, “we don't have the money for your school any more.”
Her heart sank. She made an effort to be brave, but she cried and cried.
“So do I have to quit school?” she asked.
Her father sighed and shook his head disapprovingly.
Amara stayed at home for a few weeks. She worked on the farm with her mom and saw her friends pass by in their school uniforms the next morning. Each time she saw them, she felt as if a piece of her dream was disappearing.
One evening Amara was sitting by herself under an old mango tree when she cried.
“Tired,” she whispered. “Perhaps I cannot have my way with it?”
She suddenly remembered a thing her mother told her, “Darkness may envelop you, but do not let it enter into your heart; there is a light within you that no one can extinguish.”
Amara's words changed something inside her.
The next morning, she decided that she could not return to school if she did not, but she would learn at home. She used to borrow old books from her friends and do her homework every afternoon under the mango tree.
She also started assisting younger ones in the village in reading and mathematics. She was originally a teacher for three pupils. Soon, ten children were coming to learn from her.
One day, a visitor came to the village. He was impressed by a small learning group that was under a mango tree.
“Who is it that's educating these kids?” he asked.
One of the children proudly answered, “They call her Amara.One of the kids said proudly, “They call her Amara.
The visitor met Amara and found her love of learning. He was a member of an organization that provided scholarships to hardworking students.
Amara was granted a scholarship a couple of weeks later.
On her return to school she studied diligently. Years later, she went to school and graduated as a teacher.
She did not forget the mango tree that she had given up on.
Amara became a teacher and once she returned to her village, she established a little learning centre for the children unable to afford good learning.
She gazed at the children in front of her and smiled at the opening ceremony.
“When I first started I thought my life was dark, but now it isn't.When I first started, I thought my life was dark, but now it isn't. But I found you can find light even when it's not from outside of you you just have to be courageous enough to let it be inside of you.
From then on, Amara was devoted to bringing others light.
But every time life got tough, she would think of that one lesson that had altered her life:
In the darkest night, the light in you can still shine,