This is Saeed Malik, a Pakistani expat. Upon returning to his old home in Islamabad, he was greatly displeased at the quality of education that was available. And so he bought a van, filled it with books, and drove it around as a library on wheels.

There are multiple layers to any story like this. The most obvious is the benefit Mr. Malik had in mind, and delivered. A less obvious one was his work and intelligence that was applied in business, day after day and year after year: Without that long-term effort and determination, he wouldn’t have been able to bless the younger generation of his home town.

Production and wealth are good, noble and valuable things… they are essential. Certainly there are abusive businessmen, but there are ugly players in all areas of life, and very definitely among professional do-gooders. Business needs to be profitable, for reasons like this. Without a profitable business, Mr Malik could not have provided this help.

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So, before returning to the mundane, consider this story, and think about how it could, and perhaps should, parallel things in your own life: past, present or future.