inspiration....

just finished wtaching 1 liter of tears. found it really inspiring. the story of a girl who had spinocerebellar atrophy. how she struggled as her body failed her. slowly 1 by 1 of her normal function - walking, talking, swallowing failed her.... nonetheless her heart remained strong and how she persevered even in the loneliness and darkness of what was happening that she was such a light to others. she helped them, encouraged them to continue to push on to fight on... and even though she struggled so much herself she wanted to help others. she wanted her life to count for something. she wrote a diary that sold 180,000 copies worldwide to give courage to others who are too in pain and struggling.

i didn't really cry. some people told me they cried bucket loads ( maybe exaggerating a bit) but it just showed me how frailed humanity is and yet how resilient we can be in the midst of sickness and pain. and in the midst of darkness light can shined so brightly from the person whose life has been shattered. and i look at myself, and feel that i want to be a better person because of that. with my functioning body and the many blessings i have... many times i have chose to selfishly pleased myself.... whereas someone who has her health taken away from her, the life she could have had the brigth future that she would have lived taken away from her.... she chose to be an inspiration, she chose not to give up... she chose to live her best. i feel like i wanna lived my best too.

on the lighter side.... what kids think of angels...

Henry, 8 "Angels don't eat, but they drink milk from Holy Cows!!!."

Vicki, 8 "What I don't get about angels is why, when someone is in
love, they shoot arrows at them."

i thought these were really funny....

happy sunday people~!

to hsu en.... happy birthday~!