Category Archive: How to live
An email about Nanking massacre came my way today. The pictures in it have changed me for good. That’s why I have to write about it.
I don’t intend to stir up anger. I want to write about how this email and the pictures have changed me as a person dramatically.
After I finished reading the email, the message that came into my mind was this is not the past. This is going on each day and will get worse. It’s not in Nanking any more, but in other parts of the world.
So, what can I do about it? I might not …
Tweet This Post
... CONTINUE READING
Sometimes the choices we make are so important. Here is an example:
“Our choices are often influenced by others. But in some instances we are given the wrong advice. On September 11, 2001, 600 innocent people put their trust in the wrong advice, and innocently suffered the consequences.The true story goes like this:
One man who was on the 92nd floor of the south tower of the World Trade Center had just heard a jet crashing into the north tower. Stunned by the explosion, he called the police for instructions on what to do. “We need to know if we need to …
Tweet This Post
... CONTINUE READING
For marriage, dating, or any relationship:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM3mlgLAlMs&annotation_id=annotation_618514&feature=iv
For hardships:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVNYhcYEwIE&feature=channel
The best musical performance of Amazing Grace:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyIyelCTfJE&NR=1
Tweet This Post
There has to be changes in the way we think and behave as we grow and progress. The goal of growing is to build up this brain power to we can control our behavior to the expectations of God.
Not to mention names, I know people who haven’t grown much all their lives. It’s sad to see old people arguing and getting unhappy with each other for little things. I was like that just a few months ago. If someone got angry at me for something, I’d continue to think that they shouldn’t treat me like that.
Not long ago, I finally …
Tweet This Post
... CONTINUE READING
It takes a lot of patience.
Father and Child
When the child was young, he depended on his Father and loved him. He also feared his Father and obeyed him.
As the child grew older, he found some of the commandments his Father gave him were very hard to follow:
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your Father will also forgive you. But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Of you it is required to …
Tweet This Post
... CONTINUE READING
For sure, this life is not always going to be easy. The longer you live, the more you’ll know. Sometimes, trying to be happy just won’t solve the problem. Situations like these are means to teach us to be humble, so we’ll know that we don’t have the power to solve the problem alone. Neither our parents nor our relatives/friends could help. And sometimes it’s not a simple thing that you could just forget or escape, for if you don’t deal with it, it will just get worse and you still have to face it later. This is the time that we …
Tweet This Post
... CONTINUE READING
To make life easier, put a smile on your face when you see people. And don’t be too concerned with most things in life.
Here is what you need to do in order to be happy.
You need to love, and care about others. If you care about others, do something to make someone happy each day. Then you’ll see the difference. The more you do, the more people you do for, the happier you are. Start with simple things, if you want to make someone happy:
Smile at people.
Ask them how they are doing.
Tell a joke to make someone laugh.
Guide them to …
Tweet This Post
... CONTINUE READING
In my favorite thrift store, there is this one lady worker whom I’d try to avoid. Sometimes she would rush through like a whirlwind, putting clothes on the rack. Once she accused customers for messing up the clothes. Another time, she ordered a lady customer to go to the dressing room instead of holding clothes next to her in front of a mirror.
I’m wondering what it would take for her to change?
First of all, in order for a person to change voluntarily, the individual has to be able to see her own imperfection.
How could an unhappy person become a happy person? Anyone who is easily irritated, …
Tweet This Post
... CONTINUE READING
I lived many years without questioning what this life is all about. I loved to play when I was a child. A couple of times, I worried about if I was going to disappear and not knowing anything happening in this world after I die. Later, the goals of life were more focused on finishing school and establishing a career.
I saw people getting married, having children, moving into homes, all seem to be very happy. Everyone wants to be happy and tells each other being happy right now is the most important thing. We look away from old folks suffering …
Tweet This Post
... CONTINUE READING