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Theysayabsoluteowercorrutsabsolutely。Itsuredidinmycase。Iletalltheowergotomyhead。Myego,myarroganceandmyridewereoutofcontrol。Ibeganseakingdowntoeole,demandingtheylistentomebecauseIthoughtIknewwhatwasbest。MyfriendsandsuorterstriedtocommunicatetomethatIhadchanged,thatIwasabusingmyosition,butIwasntlistening。
Itwasntlongbeforetheveryeolewhohadbelievedinmyresidencybegantoturnagainstme。ButIstillwasntayingattention。Itookmyobsessionwithowertosuchanextreme。APublicconflictwiththefemaleviceresidentoenedthefloodgatesforotherswhowereusetwithme。Itbecameabloodbath。Whatstartedoutasawonderfullyenrichingexerience,orsoIthought,suddenlyturnedintooneofmyworstnightmares。“ZatheSa!”osterswouldsoonbeeverywhereoncamus。
WhenIrealizedIhadmadeamistake,itwastoolate。Mywholeworldcollased。IhadneverfeltsomuchainandsadnessinmylifeasIdidthen。TherewasI,oneofthemost-likedguysoncamus,owerfulandmakingadifference,untilmyegotookoveranddestroyedeverything。
Afriendofminesaid,“Whenamanlooksintotheabyssandnothingisstaringback,thatiswhenhefindshistruecharacter。”Iwasemtyandemotionallybankrut。Iwasatthebottomandhadnowhereelsetogobutu。Ibegantorebuild。Iaologizedtoacouleofdie-hardsuorters,whoforwhateverreasondidnotquitonme,andaskedthemtoforgivemeforallthewrongdoingIhadcommitted。Theyacceted。ItoldthemIwasgoingtofightthisrecallelection。Iwasntjustgoingtorolloverandaccetdefeat。
Thecamuswasinanuroar。EverydaythenewsaerhadanarticleorlettertotheeditorsayingwhatabigjerkIwas。SoIwentbackouttothecamuslawnandbeganexlainingtothestudentsthattheallegationsweretrue。Ihadlettheowergettomyheadandabusedmyosition。IromisedthatIhadlearnedmylessonandthatIwasnotdoneservingthestudents。Iwantedtobuildacoffeehouseonthecamus,onlythesecondofitskindinthestate。Iwantedtobuilditnearthefineartsareaandhavethetheaterdeartmentdoone-actlays,themusicdeartmenterformconcertsandtheseechdeartmentreciteoetrythere。Ithoughttomyself,leasedonotrecallme。Iamnotdoneyet。
IamnotsureifIwouldhavebeenrecalledornot,but,byastrokeofmagicordivineintervention,summercame。ThechargesweredroedandIstayedinoffice。
Thenextsemester,Ihadachancetobeginagain。AsIaroachedmymissiontobuildthecoffeehouse,Iwasmuchmorehumble。IwantedtoshowthecamusandmyselfthatIwasworthyofmyosition。IhadneverbuiltacoffeehousebeforeanddidntreallyknowwhatIwasdoing,soIaskedeveryoneforhel。Iaskedthestudents,myadvisor,thegoverningboardandthecollegeresident。
IusedtothinkthatIhadtoretendtoknowwhatIwasdoing,thatIhadeverythingundercontrolandthatIwasincharge。Itwasthatkindofthinkingthatgotmeintotroubleinthefirstlace。Now,IwasfindingthattheeasiestwaytogainothereolesresectwastoadmittothemwhatIdidnotknow。Iwasshocked。Itwasmynotknowing,myhumility,andmywillingnesstoaskothersforhelthatwasmakingmewininmynewendeavor。
Ifinishedmytermasresident。Intheend,theteamthatIhaduttogetherraisedover$125,000andwebuiltacoffeehousethatisstillthereelevenyearslater。