reflecting on Thatha’s life. And I remembered the things Thatha told me: “If you take on something, you must give it your all” and “If you make a promise, keep it.” He insisted on reliability. He liked to say he was a lifelong student. “Even though I am in my eighties, I am a student like you all,” he said. “The day I stop, my mind will atrophy. And then the body will follow.”