I am blessed to meet a high school student by the name of Hansen, who is aspiring to be a cardiologist and is learning how to fence.  He told me that he will be the first person in his family to get a college degree.  Times like this makes me appreciate how our children can learn and become whatever they desire to become. 

I am also blessed to meet a woman who practiced yoga for four years.  We are all here, the masters of our own universe.

I really, really, really, really want to be the positive, social, confident man that I am.  Everything I do has a purpose.

I am thankful for today.

Today, I happened to do some planning at Cafe Ambroso over in Long Beach where there are open fire pits.


Raising money/donating toys for Christmas while supporting my gay brothers.


Seeing Rachel at Chuck E. Cheese while talking to mom about smiles, teaching, and life.

Working out while trying my best.
Having dinner with grandparents and told them that I am grateful to have wonderful grandparents and today is a new start, we talked for a bit.

Good times.

I really, really, really, really, really want to be the confident, social, positive person that I am.  I really, really, really, really, really, really want to be a person with purpose.  Everything I do has a purpose, has a reason.

Saturday,

I really, really, really, really, really want to be the social, positive, confident person that displays all the points in the scout law.
I remember saying and chanting this as part of my mantra and then I decided to change my mantra to I really, really, really, really, really want to be the social, positive, confident person that everything I do has a purpose.  Don't get me wrong, I am incorporating the scout law more into my life, I just figured everything happened for a reason and everything has a purpose.

Today's life lessons for which I am thankful for:
I began opening the door for a guy named Chris as he was heading out of the gym. We started talking about working out, triceps-chest, biceps-back, legs, and cardio, lots of cardio.  He suggested to get out of the comfort zone and push yourself. A strategy I am using outside of the gym.  He also asked where do you see yourself in a year?  I began to think of my career, my life....
A year from now begins today, I developed more social skills, had a chance to talk to new people.  The events that happened has made me a stronger, better person.

At the smog test, the technician noted that an individual can register their car at AAA instead of waiting at the DMV.

Remembering what Maria had said, just call people once so you as an individual don't seem like you are needy.

Today was such a wonderful day, I learned how to change the brakes on a car.  Although the process was simple, changing the brakes requires soldering the brake disc.  I am thankful for Jay, he uses name brand brakes and provides professional service. 

Today was a great day, I had a chance to know different people. I can see tomorrow will be another positive day where I get to learn more about life's lessons.

About to head to bed again, hoping to collect my thoughts for the next day, again.
Then, I realized if I were to do that, again, I would be falling into the same rut, again.

I'm here trying to push myself on a consistent basis.


Recapping for Friday, I am thankful that I had a chance to bond with Maria and Alex.  I learned there are five types of love: touch, gifts, words of affirmation, time, service.  I am thankful that today went by very smoothly, I was focusing on my classroom nothing else.

Having sleep does wonders, I feel recharged and ready to start another beautiful day.  I am appreciative that I am here at Coffee Bean checking out the hazy sunrise while listening to one of the soundtracks for Matilda.  Life is good. I have to thank God for blessing me with another wonderful day, another day to learn from my experiences and become a better individual.


What would make me really, really, really, really happy is to be myself, the trustworthy, loyal, helpful, courteous, kind individual who is confident, passionate, and positive.

Every action has a consequence.

When dealing with people, every action has a consequence.  The consequence may be positive or it may be negative.  Everything happens for a reason, yesterday's experience was a great learning experience.  The lesson learned was not to dwell on the negative or to be at a negative state of mind since negative tends to cloud any rationale judgements.  This experience opened another experience, re-building a rapport with my mom.  I came to realize I had to confront my mom about issues that lingered in the past.  My mom provided many insightful lessons, all of which was in Chinese but another positive experience aside from reconnecting with my mom was brushing up on my Chinese.


Today is a bright new day, a new start to a new beginning.  The journey to becoming the positive man has begun.  I am a positive man.

Special thanks to God for giving me life, providing me life experiences that make a stronger person. Thank you for blessing me the opportunity to work, to learn, to grow.

Here at Starbucks, I am going to start off my day with positive mantras.
I really, really, really, really want to be the social, positive, confident Eagle Scout who is straight forward and non-reactive.