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My Life Story (7): Fire-Part 2
If you would like to have background music while you are reading, please click on the arrow below. Coincidence? Another coincidence took place that boggles the imagination. I had sold a smaller motel in Phoenix so I’d have enough money to buy the larger, more expensive Dallas motel. My younger brother, who managed the Phoenix …
Stories of the Enlightenment
If what you give is not what the other person wants, but what you want to give, then it becomes worthless.
如果你給的不是對方想要的東西，而是你想要給予的東西，那麼它就變得一文不值。
My Life Story (8): Fire-Part 3
If you would like to have background music while you are reading, please click on the arrow below. Sad stories … In fact, I was not the only victim of the unscrupulous realtor who sold me the motel. I visited several of her other clients. One was a merchant from Taipei known for his business …
Jokes and The Talking Dog
The jokes are from http://www.bluedonut.com/jokes.htm A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, “This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.” The barber puts a dollar bill in one hand and two quarters in the other, then calls the boy over and …
Wishing you luck in the Year of the Monkey!
My heart and my prayers go out to the victims of the Taiwan earthquake. I wish that Heaven will protect the victims so that they may survive this ordeal and begin Chinese New Year anew. http://mashable.com/2016/02/06/taiwan http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35508475 2016 is the year of the Monkey! The monkey is the …
Do One Good Deed a Day
This article was originally posted in 2012. Somehow it got lost. I reposted it here to share it with the readers. When a news reporter asked a successful businessman what was the most important teaching that his father gave him, he replied, “Do one good deed a day.” One day when my son came to …
Rebirth of a Fraud Victim:Transition-From Losing Sovereignty to Choosing to Live(17)
Everything I wrote before this point is about the same thing:the gradual loss of sovereignty. Not all at once, but transaction by transaction.Wire by wire.Seven times in total. Each transfer felt rational in isolation.Each decision carried its own justification.Only later did I understand that sovereignty is rarely taken by force—it is surrendered incrementally, under pressure, …
Rebirth for a Fraud Victim: Staying to See the Truth (11)
I stayed behind and witnessed the truth! After realizing I’d been scammed, I didn’t leave immediately. That decision wasn’t born out of attachment—it came from what seemed, at the time, the most rational reason: I wanted to stay, to give law enforcement a chance to track the other party’s behavior and trail. So I stayed, …
The Legendary Monarch Dialogue
If you would like to have background music while you are reading, please click on the arrow below. During the Tang Dynasty, a conversation took place between Emperor Taizong and Mr. Shih, one of his subordinates. (Note: Emperor Taizong of Tang (599-649) was the second emperor of Tang, and often considered to be one of …
Why Don’t the Rivers Go Straight?
I came across this interesting article. It coincides with the doctrine of Tao Te Ching’s Chapter 22, which I posted on my blog earlier. I thought this Chinese article** would help you all to understand Chapter 22 better, so I translated it from Chinese and will share it with you here. …
Applying Tao to My Life
I was so excited to book a commercial for the first time in a while. The night before one, I usually try to go to bed early to be able to wake up early and to be at the site at least an hour early. This time, someone called me to talk, and by the …
