100 Celebration!

I started this journey 100 days ago.
Today, it calls for a celebration.
I learned a few things.

I believe in past lives. I often wonder what did I do in the past? In the last 100 days, I think I have an answer. I must be either Japanese, Chinese or Native American. I tried hypnosis to try to figure out, but that session did not work out. I love Japanese Garden. I am grateful that our botanical garden has a Japanese garden. That is where I went to celebrate today.

I learned three things. I called it Think B.I.G.

First is Balance. I started my Tai Chi Chuan class with Shifu Lin in September of 2013. Tai Chi Chuan reminds me of the balance we need in our life. I am a burnout physician. I struggled to keep my balance between work and personal life. That is something that I strive to achieve these days. A balance between work and personal life. I work hard but I also want to have fun. Everyday at work, I remind myself to make that tiny shift so that I can be balanced for the next moment, for the next patient. Most the time what I do is just to go to an empty procedure room and do my Tai Chi Chuan.

Secondly, I try my very best to protect my inner peace. It is very easy to get carried away by what people dictate in our lives. Even this photo shoot, I was initially very aware of what people think when I pose and take those pictures. But that's part of the journey, to notice and to learn. Everyday is a day for me to practice protecting my inner peace. We have inner peace when I accept who we are. We stop comparing ourselves with other people. We stop saying yes to what other people want.

 

 

 

 

 

Lastly, we need to remember to be grateful. I am very grateful for many things in my life. I learned that everyday, there is always, always, always something to be grateful for. I am grateful to have my health. I am grateful to have a job. I am grateful to have a wife, a son and a daughter. I am grateful to have a roof above me. I am grateful to have food in our refrigerator. I am grateful to have friends. I am grateful to have facebook where I share my live with my friends and family. I am grateful to have my camera and this computer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What will the next 100 days look like? I do not know and do not care. Life is a journey. There will be another storm. As long as I stay at the present moment and think B.I.G., life is good!