Monday, July 09, 2007

My Eulogy (2)*

The culmination of his achievements in high school was a medal for the highest overall average for his graduating class in high school. Zahir’s love of the written word, his sense of humour, his inward, reticent nature would have been apparent to all at this age. And above all was his need to do something meaningful with his life.

It was this need to “do something meaningful” that was to be the overriding hallmark, the overarching theme, the overbearing and preponderant thrust, the sine qua non and raison d’etre, the…but I digress. He liked to do good.

Not knowing exactly what to do in his post-high school years, Zahir joined a youth volunteer organization (Katimavik) for a nine-month stint in three provinces across Canada.

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