Five F's of Life

Category: Friends

Friends to tell you are right and wrong.

  • Thriving Under Uncontrollable Circumstances

    3 Things I am happy about:

    • Learning to play the piano
    • Running 3.5 Miles Again
    • My friends wedding past Saturday

    I have been M.I.A. for the past several months because summer break, school, and work.  I have recently been challenge with a sleep condition that effects millions of people that I can’t really control =P. But luckily there are treatments available. One treatment is simply loosing weight. As part of my Five F’s of Life, Fitness is critical because if you can’t take care of yourself, how can you take care of others.  Go watch Folks Over Knives. It will really challenge you on what you eat.

    I am happy to comment that I am about to help challenge and keep my friends accountable to their dreams and commitments. I am meeting with one of my friends tonight to help her start a path to victory on her life.

     

  • Elections & Jobs

    3 Things I am happy about:

    • Being able to help friends find jobs
    • Ability to create my own cloud
    • Beautiful Weather to run in

    Quick post today. I have been busy working and just got a new roommate. Life is really busy with school and balancing life in general. I have been to two weddings and help a friend get engage in the last three weeks!

  • Easter Sunday

    3 Things I am happy about:

    • Donating to the Ballet & Siloam
    • Running 1.5 miles
    • Help my friend with a wedding proposal

    This coming Saturday my friend will proposal to his girlfriend. It’s going to be great to see this event in their lives because I help put them together. But the most important thing is that I got a chance to make an impact on my friend’s life.

    For Easter Sunday, I am bringing one of my friends along to my church. We’ll see….God’s Grace is Amazing =)

     

  • Warm Winter…

    Three things I am happy about:

    • Visiting my family
    • Seeing my friends
    • Going to my friends wedding

    I spent the weekend in Ft. Lauderdale. It’s especially warmer than usual in Florida. I met up with a few of my friends who still live in Ft. Lauderdale. Where does the time go? My friends’ kids are growing up so fast! I spent the morning on the beach. I miss the beach because I miss the sunshine and smell of the ocean. The air seems always crisper on the beach. Later that afternoon, I attended another one of my friend’s wedding. They had an awesome wedding. They made a mini brochure about their wedding party and their family.  My dance skills finally paid off =) The only regret is I wish I picked it up sooner. I was able to dance with a few people and not even worry about it. My parents also found a stray dog this weekend too. I wish I can spend more time with my family and friends instead of moving from one moment to the next….

    What is time worth to you?

     

  • Average Day

    3 Things I am happy about:

    • I sent my friend a bday present
    • Got my car wash thru automatic machine
    • Able to get a plane ticket at the last minute

    I feel really bless that I can afford to go to my friend’s wedding and help them out. I did a lot of planning for the next 6 months with various trips to balance out my life. I know it’s hard because I am currently studying for finals. But when will be a better time than now?

  • Reaching Out to People in Need-Average Joe

    3 Things I am happy about:

    • Hot Showers
    • Warm Sunny Days
    • Nutella with peanut butter

    I am blogging tonight concerning people we know or met briefly that we could make a difference if we simply reach out. Someone in my church group over dose last week on drugs. I did not know the person; however, it makes me wonder about how much we can will affect other people’s lives. Could we have done something more? I don’t know for sure, but I know we must try. We can only try if we reach out and listen to someone. I know we always say “hey how are you?” But do we really mean it?

    Read more:

    http://graphics.latimes.com/usmap-state-drug-deaths/

  • Learning from others…

    3 Things I am happy about:

    • My ability to empower others
    • Eating food at Cheddar’s
    • Being able to learn from others
    Sometimes the best way to get something done is really learning from others. I have built a network of friends that I can learn from. Through this network my friends have taught me many things about life, work, and faith. I learned today that I still have so much to learn about life. It’s just figuring out how to focus and get things done with it.


  • Random Act of Kindness

    3 Things I am happy about:

    1. Happy I met some new people at JAST
    2. Figured out how to transfer movies finally in iTunes
    3. Follow through on the random act of kindness

    I received this tag on facebook from a friend of my mine concerning “The Happy Secret to Better Work”

    “my friend, Tuan Ta, sent this to me, because he is the best… and i wouldn’t live my life any other way.”

    I sent her the post yesterday because I thought she would appreciate it. She did!

    I am truly getting the benefits of trying the process. I was able to focus more than ever on work and yet get other stuff done too. I struggle a little bit with the random act of kindness portion, but I found at least two. One was just praying for a friend’s problem with another friend and buying a drink for a friend.

  • Holding Yourself for Accountable for Success

    I have decided to start off all of my blogs with at least three things I am joyful about that happen to me in a day.
    1. I am thankful that I was able to donate can foods at Stretch’s Superbowl Party.
    2. I appreciate a Costco employee taking time putting air in wheels.
    3. I am happy I can afford to replace my Ipad 2 screen I broke yesterday.

    For today’s blog…
    I have posted on my facebook a challenge to my friends, to join me in “The Happy Secret to  Better Work” . I have received some initial takers, but we will see how many will take the challenge.

    I found this article today:

    “Smiling is good for you – and an area of scientific study by some seriously smart researchers”

     http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_19898741?source=rss

    Seems like we should try to at least smile once a day =)

     

  • The happy secret to better work + Flashmob

    It’s been a whole year since I posted something on the blog. I have been busy with work and school. But I wanted to post something because I am helping a friend fund raise in Africa.  Please donate if you can!

    I watched this TED video concerning happiness. I think Shawn is on to something…

    I am going to try to work on long lasting positive change…