Recent experiences witnessing sexism, racism, corruption, and extreme poverty in Cambodia have caused me to reflect on my personal mission—am I still headed in the direction I set out or do I need to course correct? What about you? How will you make the most of the fortunate life you’ve been given?

Dwight Turner, founder of In Search Of Sanuk—a grassroots volunteer organization here in Bangkok—shares a guest post on how you can radically transform the way you think about giving and make social change a priority in your life.

We saw the Ninth Wonder of the Ancient World, but we also saw severe poverty and the aftermath of genocide. Read what I have to say after visiting Cambodia and witnessing child beggars, the Vietnam-era Killing Fields, and schoolyards turned into prisons. And more strangely, see how I compare this living hell to the new Watchmen film.