It all seemed simple enough. In 2006, I transitioned from corporate into the non-profit world. I knew what I was getting into - sort of.

You don't have to know the second theory of thermodynamics in physics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.

I always highly admired the skills of the Americorps volunteers that I worked with for the last three years. I didn’t get how they had the energy to get up to do calisthenics at the crack of dawn, mentor and tutor school children and then plan elaborate productions for their peers late into the night only to wake up and do it all over again the following day. I wanted to know what fueled them. And so I jumped right in to see for myself what it truly means to give back.