2005 Happy Birthday to SIFU!
Welcome everybody to Sifu’s 35th birthday!
It hardly seems like 12 months since we last celebrated Sifu’s birthday but alas, time does pass very quickly.
Tonight is Sifu’s special day, and it also ushers in the beginning, of the not too distant, Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rooster, 4702! A year that promises about the same luck as in 2004. The rooster, a romantic star in Chinese astrology, promises very favorable unions for those of you who are interested.
But I am getting ahead of myself here. This past year has left its mark upon us in many ways and has taught us valuable lessons, some good and some not so good. It is indeed up to us to learn and take ourselves to another level.
As mature individuals, we can no longer put off todays, for tomorrow.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.
We have gathered here for many years, seen our children grow into young adulthood, watch each other age gracefully and abundantly and grey a wee bit, and maybe even traveled down the road of life in a circuitous manner.
But guess what? We are truly blessed. For all those misfortunes we have experienced, there were many doors and opportunities that had opened for us. Question is, did you know it or did you see it? Did you take advantage of it? If not, ask yourself why not?
Too many of us have untapped potential and abilities that have laid dormant. This is the year when we do something about it. Birthdays are not for looking back but rather looking forward and leaping into the future with determination and gusto. A realization that there is so much ahead and a limited time in which to execute.
We take this celebration for Sifu to not only honor him but to honor ourselves. To take those pearls of wisdom, those lessons of life that he has bestowed upon us, to plant our own seeds in life. So that those special people with whom we contact, receive a measure of that which we nutured through blood, sweat and tears.
Just like Sifu had repeatedly said before, “I go through all the hard parts so that you can reap the benefits of the 15+ years you would need on our own”. He has said so much to influence our lives without saying it directly. And it’s only now that some of us have really heard the message. It unfolds slowly, but once the water flows, it flows freely and swiftly.
We honor you Sifu for that which you have taught us and that which you have yet to teach us. We, your humble students, thank you and honor you on your special day…
Welcome everybody to Sifu’s 35th birthday!
It hardly seems like 12 months since we last celebrated Sifu’s birthday but alas, time does pass very quickly.
Tonight is Sifu’s special day, and it also ushers in the beginning, of the not too distant, Chinese New Year, the Year of the Rooster, 4702! A year that promises about the same luck as in 2004. The rooster, a romantic star in Chinese astrology, promises very favorable unions for those of you who are interested.
But I am getting ahead of myself here. This past year has left its mark upon us in many ways and has taught us valuable lessons, some good and some not so good. It is indeed up to us to learn and take ourselves to another level.
As mature individuals, we can no longer put off todays, for tomorrow.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift.
We have gathered here for many years, seen our children grow into young adulthood, watch each other age gracefully and abundantly and grey a wee bit, and maybe even traveled down the road of life in a circuitous manner.
But guess what? We are truly blessed. For all those misfortunes we have experienced, there were many doors and opportunities that had opened for us. Question is, did you know it or did you see it? Did you take advantage of it? If not, ask yourself why not?
Too many of us have untapped potential and abilities that have laid dormant. This is the year when we do something about it. Birthdays are not for looking back but rather looking forward and leaping into the future with determination and gusto. A realization that there is so much ahead and a limited time in which to execute.
We take this celebration for Sifu to not only honor him but to honor ourselves. To take those pearls of wisdom, those lessons of life that he has bestowed upon us, to plant our own seeds in life. So that those special people with whom we contact, receive a measure of that which we nutured through blood, sweat and tears.
Just like Sifu had repeatedly said before, “I go through all the hard parts so that you can reap the benefits of the 15+ years you would need on our own”. He has said so much to influence our lives without saying it directly. And it’s only now that some of us have really heard the message. It unfolds slowly, but once the water flows, it flows freely and swiftly.
We honor you Sifu for that which you have taught us and that which you have yet to teach us. We, your humble students, thank you and honor you on your special day…
