Forrest Gum's mother told him "Life is like a box of chocolates, and you would never know what you will taste." A man with his honest, true, and consistent value and behavior to teach us that we should behave honestly, faithfully, and persistently with our simple but pure mind.
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Thank you so much for sharing this meaningful video and caption, which reminded me of part of this book《Delivering Happiness》written by Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh. Both his keen observation and viewpoint, in my humble opinion, are worth introspection for all of us.
There’s differnece between knowing the path and walking the path. ─ Morpheus, The Matrix
Growing Up (p. 7)
My parents were your typical Asian American parents. My dad was a chemical engineer for Chevron, and my mom was a social worker. They have high expectations in terms of academic performance for myself as well as for my two younger brothers.
There weren’t a lot of Asian families living in Marin County, but somehow my parents managed to find all ten of them, and we would have regular gatherings where all the parents and kids would get together for a potluck and hang out afterward. The kids would watch TV while the adults were in a separate room socializing and bragging to each other about their kids’ accomplishments. That was just part of the Asian culture: The accomplishments of the children were the trophies that many parents defined their own success and status by. We were the ultimate scorecard.
There were three categories of accomplishments that mattered to the Asian parents：
Category 1 was academic accomplishments: Getting good grades, many type of award or public recognition, getting good SAT scores, or being part of the school’s math team counted toward this. The most important part of all of this was which college your child ended up attending. Harvard yielded the most prestigious bragging rights.
Category 2 was career accomplishments: Becoming a medical doctor or getting a PhD was seen as the ultimate accomplishment, because in both cases it meant that you could go from being “Mr. Hsieh” to “Dr. Hsieh.”
Category 3 was musical instrument mastery: Almost every Asian child was forced to learn either piano or violin or both, and the group of parents after dinner was over. This was ostensibly to entertain the parents, but really it was a way for parents to compare their kids with each other.
My parents, just like the other Asian parents, were pretty strict in raising me so that we could win in all three categories.
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Category 3 was musical instrument mastery: Almost every Asian child was forced to learn either piano or violin or both, and at each of the gatherings, the children had to perform in front of the group of parents after dinner was over. This was ostensibly to entertain the parents, but really it was a way for parents to compare their kids with each other.
Have a happy teacher’s day as well as my heartfelt thanks to you, Dear professor!!!
I’m truly grateful to you from the bottom of my heart for your lighting up my life. What you’ve done for me in the past enriches my life and extends my view.
On this special day, I would like to honor you sincerely.
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