Three Cups of Tea essay #2

Question: What lesson(s) can someone learn from reading this story? Are these lessons universal truths? Explain.

Three Cups of Tea is a book about keeping promises, doing what you think is right, and changing the world. It doesn't take a special person to do these things. Anyone can apply these lessons to their own lives.
In the book, Greg Mortenson was trying to find his way home from K2, the mountain he had tried, unsuccessfully, to climb. Disoriented, he turned down the wrong path and ended up in a small town called Korphe. There, he realized how desperately the children there needed a school. Before returning to America, he promised to come back and build them a school. After getting the money needed, he fulfilled his promise and returned to Korphe to build a school. Plenty of people had made the same promise in the past, but no one ever did anything about it. Anyone can keep the promises they make if they want to.
After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Mortenson received many letters from people all around the world, telling him that what he was doing was wrong. However, he decided to ignore them and to keep building schools. He did what he felt was right, and he didn't let anyone stop him.
Mortenson lived in Bozeman, Montana, with his wife and two children. He didn't have a lot of money or a high social ranking. He was just your average, everyday guy. Despite that, he managed to change the world. His work overseas changed the lives of thousands of people, and he did most of it on his own. His story shows that anyone can change the world.
In conclusion, the lessons told by the story Three Cups of Tea are universal. Anyone can keep a promise, do the right thing, or change the world. All they need is motivation.