the building i'm sitting in now. jay rockefeller was born with enough money to live a life of loez sure among the idle rich, but he was a hard-working harvard student who studied in japan for three years and in 1964 became a vista volunteer, volunteers in service to america. he chose to do his service in west virginia. >> emmings is where i came to understand that out of our everyday struggles we can enlarge ourselves. we can grow greater. truly making a difference couldn't be an afterthought. it never could. rather, it requires a singular focus and relentless effort. it would be hard, but the work would matter. >> singular focus.