Enjoy Life

Fu-mei Chen

Description

Life is too short and unpredictable. When we try to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I have had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles do not have to stop us.
Each chapter of this book tells the challenges, experiences I have encounterd and overcomed. This book also includes some self-massages and my visions
for a better world.

Sujets

• Vie de famille
• Relations familiales
• Famille
• Self-help

Informations

• Publié par: Xlibris US
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669852599
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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ENJOY LIFE
 
 
To Be Abundant, To Be Happy, To Be Healthy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fu-mei Chen
 
Copyright © 2022 by Fu-mei Chen.
 
Library of Congress Control Number:
2022919598
ISBN:
Hardcover
978-1-6698-5260-5

Softcover
978-1-6698-5264-3

eBook
978-1-6698-5259-9
 
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
 
Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Getty Images are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.
Certain stock imagery © Getty Images.
 
 
 
 
Rev. date: 10/21/2022
 
 
 
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THE STORY ABOUT MY BOOK COVER
Front
E NJOY HAS SUNGLASSES on its smiley face. Sunglasses are usually looked at as nothing more than a fashion accessory. And while there’s no doubt that they’re an integral part of your wardrobe, they also serve an important function in protecting the health of your eyes.
Life has a smiley face on top of its head with green and red circles. It suggests thinking about abundance and health.
Life is better with a beachfront view. Enjoy life to the fullest; we never know how much time we have left.
To Be Abundant - Red suggests abundance.
To Be Happy - The gold color should have been used, but it cannot be printed out.
To Be Healthy - Green suggests health.
Back
A gold leaf with “GA” suggests Goldleaf Avenue; it is a logo for any items produced by Goldleaf Avenue, such as T-shirt and shorts. A hot pink Goldleaf Avenue is the sign used for the store.
Cover design by Avanguard Publishing House, Taipei, Taiwan
Photograph by Oliver Chen on 9/15/2018 in Fire Island, NY
 
To my loving husband, Ron Chen, for his advice, guidance, and support in all that I do. He also gave me four filial children, STOP (Sonya, Tonya, Oliver, and Patricia). For that I am grateful.
CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
 
Chapter 1       To Be Abundant
1.1. Have a Dream and Luck
1.2. Three Amazing Five-Dollar Bills
1.3. Opportunity Knocks
1.4. Saving or Investing
1.5. Choose the Right Field in College
1.6. Be An Entrepreneur without Money
1.7. Try Not to Overspend
1.8. Learn Money Skills
1.9. Self-Competition
1.10. Giving My Children Good Education
1.11. My Ultimate Goals
Chapter 2       To Be Happy
2.1. Find the Right Mate
2.2. Giving Is Better than Receiving
2.3. Always Aim High
2.4. A Big-Age-Gap Marriage
2.5. To Love versus to Be Loved
2.6. Happy in Love
2.7. Happy or Unhappy with Children
2.8. The Simple, Happy Life
2.9. The Value of Friendship
2.10. Express Your Feelings
2.11. Smile to Change Your Luck
2.12. Pursue a Hobby
Chapter 3       To Be Healthy
3.1. Meditation
3.2. Improve Your Image
3.3. Healing Stone—Hematite Stone
3.4. Acupoints for Well-Being
3.5. Constipation
3.6. Emotions Cause Diseases
3.7. Inflammation
3.8. Ear Massage
3.9. Prevent Leg Deterioration
3.10. A Small Help
3.11. Weight Loss
3.12. Sleeping
1.13. My Full-Body Self-Massage
3.14. Magnetite Rod Therapy
 
George H. Kerr Memorial Foundation/ Acu-Hematite Foundation
Bibliography
About the Author
PREFACE
I WILL BE SEVENTY-NINE years old in January 2022. I desperately want to do something meaningful with my life before I go. I thought writing a book would be an accomplishment in my late life. I wrote three Chinese books, one in English, which has 2,259,706 views as of January 27, 2020, at a Goodreads campaign since May 2, 2015. The name of the book is Self-Help Acu-Hematite Therapy .
I have one son and three daughters. My son, Oliver Chen, and second daughter, Tonya Mezrich, have been making a name for themselves on TV. Oliver is probably the most visible face today on Wall Street because of his frequent CNBC appearances. Sometimes he is interviewed twice a week for stock market information. Tonya Mezrich is a cohost of Boston’s Red Carpet on NESN and an author of children’s books.
One of my longtime best friends, Jane Gaar, encouraged me to write a book about the experiences of bringing up my children. I thought it was a good idea. I was very proud and told my son that I raised him well. After a few minutes of thinking, he answered, “Mommy, I raised myself.” I couldn’t say anything since we sent him to boarding school when he was only a seventh grader, and we did not raise him anymore since then, only paid for all his expenses.
My husband thought all my children should get a good education to be able to withstand this country since they were born by Taiwanese parents. One of my college classmates wondered why Oliver and Tonya showed up in big screens all the time, but they talked about very different subjects. My brother-in-law asked me why all my children were so different in their performances. I told them I let them take private classes after school for the subjects they would like to learn. Tonya liked art, so she would learn how to draw and is good at it, and Oliver loved the computer. We bought him a PC Jr. when he was a third grader, and he read the manual and figured out how to operate that small computer. He became a computer expert at young age, which helped him analyze stocks very well. Patricia practiced tennis after school and became captain of her high school team.
I love children, and I am blessed to have four children, who have grown into successful, happy adults. Raising my children and helping them become the happy, healthy, self-confident children they are is undoubtedly one of the most important tasks of my life. Their excellent successes are beyond my expectations. My friends always admire my children’s accomplishments. I tell them I believe it is my fate or destiny’s path, not my hard work.
When I was a child, my maternal grandmother told me about my lunar birth date and time, and I used that data to make a chart of Zi wei dou shu (Purple Star astrology), which is a form of fortune-telling in the Chinese culture. There are twelve palaces in Zi wei dou shu , and there are fourteen major stars. Some palaces have two major stars inside them. Some have only one. I made my chart at least thirty years ago, and I did not pay too much attention to its meaning until recently, when I read the information in a Chinese book. I found out my fate is very good.
For example, my self palace has Tiantong (the lucky star, pleasure seeker), and the rating is A. It shows that I am a good-looking lady, my smile attracts a lot of admirers, and I am a good mother and a good wife. I love this comment! My spouse palace has Taiyin (the moon), and the rating is average, but it shows that my personality is tender and calm and that I will marry an intellectual, handsome man. To my surprise, it is true. My property palace has Tianfu (heavenly mansion) in it, and the rating is AA. I never asked for any properties, but I got a beautiful house, a business building, two plots of land, and an apartment in Boston. My children palace has Linazhen in it, and the rating is A; all my four children love me dearly. Overall, I am grateful I have everything I need. One day when Mrs. Chang and I talked about our children, I explained my Purple Star astrology to her. She exclaimed that my children took advantage of my fate.
On January 17, 2020, I waited in our van for my husband to deliver walking canes to a store on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. I saw two homeless white men sharing a folding chair; the younger one walked across the street to look for something in the garbage can. He took out a beer can and shook it and found that it still had some beer inside. He immediately poured the beer inside a plastic cup and brought it back to the old man. They looked like father and son wandering together.
I felt sorry for them and recalled that I came to America in September 1967 with only $2,500 and attended the Pittsburg State University in Kansas. I graduated in January 1969 with a master’s degree in mathematics. I was introduced to my husband by one of my friends. My friend Mr. Lee told me my husband, who was a Taiwanese, was a visiting assistant professor. At that time, my soon-to-be husband was involved in the Taiwan independence movement deeply. He declared his status as a happy, single, and childless man and that he would devote his whole life to the Taiwan independence movement. We were married in Los Angeles, California, on November 25, 1969, for the sake of his mother. He did not want any children, but I love children so much that he gave in, and we have four children.
My husband is six years older than I am. He became the head of the family, and I always refer all household issues to my husband. I always handed my paycheck to him. He realized I was not good at housecleaning, cooking, or even raising the children, so he hired a housemaid to assume all those jobs for me. For that I was grateful.
In 1973, my second child was born. My mother came from Taiwan to take care of her. Since my mother was against our union, my husband and my mother could not get along very well. I tried to please everyone but turned out pleasing no one. I felt very depress