About me
Who am I? Hum…
Living in American, I usually identify myself as a woman from Taiwan who struggles to survive in a western culture. At school in San Francisco, I sometimes identify myself as a person of color. For some occasions, when I want to emphasize who I am culturally, I would tell people tha politically, I am Taiwanese, and culturally I am Chinese. I’m also a student, a sister, a daughter, a friend, a therapist, and a life learner…
Overall, I am just a human being, just like you, who tries her best to live in this life and try to make sense of this life. I’m expereincig life as you do, including happiness, sadness, anger, joy, sorrow, separation, life, death…nothing I can avoid just as you cannot.
About seven years ago, I left everything behind in Taiwan and came to the United States for searching something I didn’t really know. After seven years in the US, I right now not only can speak fairly well English but also have earned a BA degree in the US and continued to pursuing my MA in counseling. For a mid-age woman, who didn’t speak English seven years ago, it is quite an accomplishment. And yet, this is a jorney that will never end. This is a lifelong path that I have chosen.
Since this jorney began, it has never been easy, but believe or not, even though the process has been very difficult and challenging, I’m enjoying it. In fact, this is a path of self growth and discovery that I’m passionate about. Through this process, I’m becoming a person that I never expected myself to be. I have finally found who I am and can be who I am. Then, I have found love, understanding that I can love and be loved. With love in my heart, I come to realize that human suffering is universal and veryone shares the same destiny together in a way.
Yes, this is a long journey, and it never gets any easier, but with love in my heart, I’m content with the life I live even though there are still ups and downs and full of suffering and struggles. I’m content because I have love, because I’m love.
Because of love, I am here to share my life with you, happy and sad, joy and sorrow, hate and love, life and death.
This is me who are here with everyone of you if you allow me to touch your heart, if you allow yourself to open your heart.
I am here telling my story honestly. If you want to share yours with me, I’m here listening.
Hi, I happened to read your blog which attracts me today. I am Isabella Li from China Mainland. I can touch your sensitive heart through your words. I could understand your feelings . I am intereted integral counseling too and am planning to study in CIIS. Hope to meet you there.
Hi Isabella,
Sorry to respond you a year later. I didn’t take care of this blog for a long time, so I didn’t know that you visited here. I hope that your journey to CIIS was smooth, or if you chose another path, I hope everything went well. Good luck for everything.