“Who am I?” If we take a moment and ask ourselves this simple question I wonder how people might answer. Perhaps the easiest reply would be ethnicity, nationality, religion and perhaps even career. Yet, these simple boundaries are increasingly coming blurred as races mix, people immigrate, knowledge obtained and the job market being very volatile.…… Continue reading Self Identity – Who are you?
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The overall theme of life. The profound.
Saigon Stories – Need a break from Saigon
Living in another country can be and usually is one of the greatest experiences a person can have. But from time to time it is absolutely necessary to take a break when you find yourself being negative and complaining about too many things in the host country. I have reached that point since I haven’t…… Continue reading Saigon Stories – Need a break from Saigon
E-mail to my sister 6.8.2004
HI! Yes, Please call me when you get a chance. It’s been a very long time since we’ve spoken. For some reason it took the post office a long time for your present to get to me. In fact, I’m waiting for it now at my apartment. I had your present sent to Mom and…… Continue reading E-mail to my sister 6.8.2004
We are too arrogant
We are too arrogant. We believe we know what is needed to be known, yet we wallow in our ignorance refusing to admit to ourselves that we are insignificant beings with a barely a fraction of all knowledge that there is to be learned or discovered. I cannot know without being shown or taught. Until…… Continue reading We are too arrogant
How to Understand the Adult
It is important to realize that although the adult may from their outside appearance, seem as though they are confident in themselves, they were once also a child and still harbor many of the same fears and emotions.
Tokyo – Looking in from the Outside
As time passes our experiences shape our lives and character. Many are content to follow the current of life and are swept downstream never challenging themselves or trying to change the tide. They become complacent and live in a world where uncertainty and that which is unfamiliar is quite frightening and thus avoided. Then there are those…… Continue reading Tokyo – Looking in from the Outside
A Practical Guide to Understanding Your Children
How to understand our young is a question that has plagued the older generations for centuries. In the common mentality that pervades the thought within a generation, it seems that the young simply get worse every preceding age group. For them, morals and accepted methods of social interaction are tossed on their head, and…… Continue reading A Practical Guide to Understanding Your Children