Wisdom-to-share

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. Paulo Coelho It was summer 2004, the first time for my daughters visited Epcot Center in Disneyworld Florida. I was busy to tell them what to do in Epcot. I brought them to the American Adventure and we would watch a group of people singing A cappella American folk songs.  I always love music performance and I want to share with my children to appreciate music and talents. My children and I had to wait for the music performance and especially I didn’t want to miss it. The singers came and sang the songs that I knew very well. Thank you to my teacher from Junior high school who taught me all the American folk songs. After the music performance, the singers approached the audiences; they let the audiences to take picture with them. We didn’t have a chance to take a picture with the group, however I had a chance to talk with the leader of the group. He was surprised when I told ...

The house was so empty and we had dinner … it was only two of us. It is so hard to be in an empty nest; I always miss my children.  Out of the blue I started to say to my husband,” I miss our babies… I miss our babies …. I miss our babies” Suddenly my husband said, “You are a great mother, you love our children so much but you let them go. You know my friend; he didn't let his children to be far away from him, and the children have to follow the dad’s will. I know how big your love for our children is but you let them go far away from you.” I said, “Our children have their own life and dreams, we can not keep them for our ego. I always want to see them every minute in my life but it is only for the sake of my happiness. They have to chase their dream not follow my will or my desire. My happiness is to see they become what they want to be. Love is a freedom.” That conversation reminded me; in 1986 my husband bought me a small poster said, “If you love someone, set ...

Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant. Epictetus One day I had a conversation with a friend, he said, “I want my children to be rich. I was poor when I was young and now I want to give them everything”. That was probably a common wish that every parents want to do for their children. The question is; how much money we should give to make them prosper? What if we as parents can not give them prosperity? Money, position and fame are the most wanted things in human life. We might chase after them in our life. When we will stop chasing it and start to enjoy our life, no one knows. It should come from our heart. I realized when I started to think what I wanted to give to my children. Since I couldn’t estimate how much money to give for them, I abandon the idea. My husband shared me a story about his friend, who spent all his family’s money in just a couple months. I imagined the pare...

Mahatma Gandhi said, “The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong” I should write this article two or three years ago, however I never forget the story but I didn't really spend time to write this. Two days ago I had a conversation with young man, he shared me a story and it reminded me to write this article. Here is the story: His name is Jeff; I met him a couple years ago in the bakery where I used to buy bread for my family. The first time I met him, he asked me many question about the hospitality of his staffs and their service. I loved to give him inputs for his team. He was so happy and he recognized me as one regular customer. Jeff treated all his customers very well. It was easy to recognize him as the man with a big smile One day I visited the shop and Jeff wasn't there. One of his staffs told me that Jeff’s father passed away so he couldn't come. I sent him my deep condolence message. Two days later he called me a...

Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today James Dean.  A couple months ago I was shocked when I got news that one of my elementary school passed away. Actually I haven’t met her for a long time, but through Facebook I was able to connect with her. One day I got a reminder that her birthday was coming and I was surprised to see many people still posted in her wall “Happy birthday in heaven, May you have a blast celebration”. It seemed she still could read her Facebook account. It made me wonder what the Internet providers could reach heaven, or what God’s Facebook account. My imagination went far to heaven and I got the image of birthday party with angels and God. They brought me into a great imagination in Heaven people are still busy to check their Facebook account. Maybe someone sell the computer there or smartphone too. Anyway if I die I prefer people to send me a prayer instead of writing in my Facebook wall, because I couldn’t trust Internet providers...

Note: This article was my writing speech for the Area J4 humorous speech contest on 28 September 2012. It was the first time I joined the humorous speech contest. I won the second place in my club, but suddenly I have to compete to area level. I won the second place. Honestly I didn’t follow all my writing but I did well at that moment. When I don’t have any burden in my mind to win the competition, I already win myself before the contest. After 40 A couple months ago I had a high school reunion party, it was time to show off a bit after more than 27 years.  I prepared for that night. I chose my best dress, so I would look younger and sexier. Unfortunately when I just arrived at the front door and wrote my name … one skinny lady came and said, “ Hi… Lina! Wows… long time not see…. Looked at you… O…  you have extra lines under your eyes. Do you use night cream? And what happened with your hair? Your highlight color is not right; you have silver color. Li...

“If your children look up to you, you’ve made a success of life’s biggest job.” Unknown.  Every time I met my student and he usually asked me, “Lina, how about your daughters?” I always loved to answer his questions. I always told him about my daughters’ achievement. He always smiled and said, “Lina, you are so proud of your daughters and you always full of love for them” I smiled and said, “I am blessed to be their mom” Both of us smiled and shared the happiness as parents.  One day, he asked me totally different question, “Lina, I have one question for you. You have spent money to send them studying abroad, what you will do if they die now?” O… I never thought I had to imagine about that. Sometimes in life, we saw people lost someone they loved and we never thought it would happen to us. Have I thought about it? Yes, 19 years ago I had an argument with my doctor when I wanted him to do the ligation because I wouldn’t have any more babies. My doctor came with an argume...