Thank you, Everyone for the birthday wishes! This year is particularly significant, since it is also my Lunar Zodiac Year (Year of the Ox), for which I am Grand Duke. The next time this will happen for me is when I'm 60 years young. Let's hope I make it.
Trivia: I have the same birthday as 1988 Olympic Gold Medalist Jimmy Kim (Taekwondo, Men's Heavyweight, Team USA). We also went to the same school around the same time (UC Berkeley).
I know I keep saying that I will correct all those grammatical errors in the last few blogs, including this one; just haven't gotten around to it yet. I intend to though.
What I've learned is that don't expect people to treat you how you'd like to be treated. This holds true even if you treat people well.
While we would like good treatment and ought to speak up when we are treated poorly and unfairly (provided we pick our battles wisely), feeling entitled to it in a juvenile manner will lead to disappointment and even anger. It's best to expect little to nothing positive out of others and the best we can out of ourselves. After all, our thoughts, emotions and actions are all we can truly control. Knowing this will make us feel just a little bit easier, living in a chaotic world. :-)
