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Life Was Simpler Back Then
I spent the weekend at a friend’s house. My wife and I decided to spend some time with her and her fiancé in her hometown not too far from Dallas. We had some good, old fashioned Vietnamese pho (rice noodles) and throughout the weekend talked with her mom about what life was like growing up [...]
Continue reading...5 Keys to Appreciating Your Life
11. January 2008
Examining Your Past I spent eight years of my young life in a war-torn, Communist-controlled country. And though I’ve never been personally subjected to bombings or other atrocities, I was a victim of a totalitarian system. I have witnessed and been a participant in one of the largest mass exodus of people in history (i.e., “boat [...]
Continue reading...Answering Your Calling
27. December 2007
“There is a deep, innate, almost inexpressible yearning within each one of us to find our voice in life.” —Dr. Stephen R. Covey I love Oprah. Don’t tell my wife that. I love watching her shows and reading her O Magazine. She inspires me and helps me to understand the power of giving. Today, I was [...]
Continue reading...Shocking Truth: It’s Ok to Quit!
5. December 2007
We’ve all come to a certain point in our lives when we’ve asked ourselves questions like: “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” or “Should I Quit or Keep Chugging Along?” None of us is spared this dilemma and the older we get, the more “forks in the road” we face. Joan Borysenko shared a few [...]
Continue reading...Why Are We Not Happy?
25. November 2007
Why are we not happy? This is a question I struggled with when I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with my life, career-wise. But then after getting a graduate degree in Psychology and working I was still unhappy. Like many Americans, I sometimes (okay I often) wonder if I’d be happier if I [...]
Continue reading...My Score on the Satisfaction with Life Scale
14. October 2007
I should never have taken Excedrin for my headache because, thanks to the caffeine in it, I can’t sleep. So here I am at 4am blogging away on a Saturday night while most of North America is soundly asleep. C’est la vie mon ami. I was browsing Oprah’s website and came across a Satisfaction with Life [...]
Continue reading...3 Things About Happy People
8. October 2007
I was fortunate enough last Thursday to be sent to a National Association for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) conference held here at Collin County Community College. I stayed for half of the day and was able to hear four speakers. And though each of them had something important to share about mental health and mental [...]
Continue reading...Appreciating Family
8. August 2007
It’s amazing that it took moving over 7,000 miles away, living and working for 3½ years abroad in the Pacific to open my eyes to the importance of family. You know we talk about family and how important it is to spend time with those we love. But somewhere along the road of life’s busy [...]
Continue reading...We Have Officially Relocated Back to Texas!
20. July 2007
I want to let our friends as well as loyal visitors throughout the world know that Miwa and I have officially relocated back to Dallas, Texas as of last night (Thu. July 19th CST). After a 12 hour flight from Tokyo to Atlanta (we actually flew past Dallas), we had a lovely 6 hour layover [...]
Continue reading...The Embarrassment Continues…
2. June 2007
Ok, I need to recover from the embarrassment (2 months ago) of mistaking a non-pregnant teacher (Jennifer) for a very pregnant blogger (Deece). To top that off, I skied straight down Embarrassment Alley by mistaking Jennifer’s son for Deece’s daughter (Katelyn Rebecca). I tell ya, if you look in the dictionary under “embarrassment” you’d see [...]
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21. January 2008
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