A PAUSE - HOA THIÊN PHÚC
A PAUSE - Hoa Thiên Phúc Walking into the cemetery late one afternoon in the first days of winter, I lit incense for my grandparents on both sides and sat a while on that holy ground
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Reflections
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I want and I wish
Huế, 2 February 2018. A special day: twenty years ago it was the day I was born and cried my first cry, and from then on I came into this life. Thank you, everyone!
Following a plan, or a passion
"To live is to have a dream." This is the saying I hold dearest. Surely every one of us has dreams and aspirations to live for. A dream opens up a bright horizon before us.
The gift of effort
The sitting President of the United States, Donald Trump, once said: "If you are going to be thinking anyway, why not think big? If you are going to be dreaming anyway, why not dream big?" How true that is — a big dream
A doctor – from dream to reality
"Dream" is a word that has always been present in me, because a dream gives each of us the drive to reach higher. It is the same for me: from the day I was born until now I have had many
The priestly vocation
"Every person born into this world is part of God's plan of salvation." So it was with my own birth. A week after I was born, a neighbour nearby passed away, and I...
A Voice Teacher
I am a member of the flock of Bảo Nham Parish - Bảo Nham Deanery - Diocese of Vinh. And like so many other young people, I have always had dreams of my own to strive for, to work towards and to achieve
Youth and dreams
I was born in a poor village, in the land known as the country's beloved central heartland, which bends under man-made and natural disasters season after season. Most of the people there farm, spending the year with their faces to the earth and their backs to the sky, always haunted by the worry of food and clothing.
You never can tell what life will bring!
When I was in secondary school, every time I watched my teachers at the blackboard teaching with such passion, a dream took shape in my mind: I too wanted to become a teacher one day.
Aspirations and dreams…!
What is your dream in life, and your passion too? Let me tell you a story about Nguyễn Ngọc Ký – a story that is probably familiar to you. A boy who had lost his arms and longed to go to school.
Motivation and dreams
In every person's life, everyone has a dream of their own. Every dream, whether great or simple, is the motivation and the goal we strive for. And every dream also needs
Happiness is giving
"Mum! Let me take the clothes that don't fit me any more and give them to little Minh, all right?" "Yes! Fold them up and take them over to him, and pick out the ones that can still be worn, will you?" That is a true stor