A Family Member You Admire

The family member I admire most is my uncle Farhod, my mother’s younger brother. He’s in his late forties now, and he’s one of those people who fills a room with energy — he’s always laughing, telling stories and organising everyone. What really sets him apart, though, is what he’s achieved. He grew up in a small village with very little money, and when he was twenty, he lost the use of his legs in a car accident. Doctors told him he’d probably never work again. Instead of giving up, he taught himself computer programming from second-hand books, at a time when hardly anyone in the region even had a computer. Ten years later, he set up a small IT company that now employs about forty people, and he deliberately hires people with disabilities, who often struggle to find work elsewhere. I admire him for several reasons. Obviously, there’s his determination and resilience, but I think what impresses me even more is that he uses his success to help others. He also never presents himself as a victim or a hero; he just gets on with things, usually with a joke. Whenever I feel sorry for myself about a minor problem, I think of him, and it puts things into perspective.

Xarakter → hayot yo‘li (to‘siq + yutuq) → nega qoyil (bir nechta, darajalangan).