Ignatius
Y. Ding | Ignatius
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Dance like no one’s watching (an
excellent advice from my friend
Charles -- who doesn’t dance)
We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that, we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire. The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when?
Your life will always be filled with challenges. It’s best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D. Souza. He said, “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten thorough first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.”
This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time. ..and remember that time waits for no one.
So, stop waiting until you finish school, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you've had a drink, until you’ve sobered up, until you die, until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination. Thought for the day. Work like you don’t need money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. And dance like no one’s watching.
Community Involvement
Member of the Advisory Council to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Spokesperson and member of the Executive Council of
the Global Alliance for Preserving
the History of WW II in Asia Board Member of the Silicon
Valley for Democracy in China. Former Board member of American Red Cross,
Santa Clara Valley Chapter (1993-1997). Former Member of the Advisory Panel to the California Board of Education
on History-Social Science (1998). Member of the West Valley Citizens Air Watch,
a community environmental conservation group.
Special Skills
Knowledge of legislative and political processes.Experience in legal affairs, state, federal and
international laws.Investment planning and execution.
Interests / Hobbies
Freelance writing and lecturing of both technical and
non-technical subjects. Extensive knowledge of modern Asian history. Hiking and photography.
Personal Information
Our Home:
We live in Cupertino, California. Our home
is at the southwest corner of the city bordering Los Altos. It is
located in the heart of Silicon Valley My Family and I: I am a Chinese
American -- born in China and brought up in
Taiwan. I have been in the United States for more than thirty years. I read, write and speak fluent Chinese Mandarin and also frequently write
articles or quotes for local and national English media as well. My wife, Josephine, is major in Business
Administration and Accounting. She is also trained in computer graphic
arts, photography, One of our sons, Evers, is a graduate
of U.C. Berkeley and works
for PayPal,
an eBay company in San Jose, California. His wife, Lois, is a
Our other son, the twin brother of Evers', Eric, is a MIT graduate and now studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, located in Boston and South Hamilton, Massachusetts. His
wife, Hanna Mae, is a Harvard
graduate and a high school English teacher in Boston. They live
on the campus with their first child, Abigail
Eliza, born on July 24, 2006.
News / Miscelaneous Information
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights. News from Global Alliance
for Preserving the History of WW II in Asia. News from Silicon Valley for
Democracy in China.
Drop me a line by e-mail or snailmail at
P.O. Box 2658, Cupertino, CA 95015-2658 