LIFE IS A CONTINUED EDUCATION 

Letter to a friend of mine: 

Dear ...

A friend of mine has severe insomnia. Maybe she got a severe sad moment or something else. As a Buddhist, I always think "Life is impermanent", I mean maybe today I'm happy but tomorrow I'll not. Our life changes almost every MINUTE; so I always try not being angry with someone because I may REGRET IT in future. As you see, I try to be NICE to everyone in this building. Sometimes, I was ANGRY with someone and I thought he or she would never meet me but they continued to see me because I have some skills in English and computer. As you knew, my pronunciation is not good as native-born Americans but they (my friends or neighbors) need someone could translate their paperwork into Vietnamese. 

When I was young, I was often sick and I dropped class before graduating high school, I mean I only studied with DIFFICULTY 11th grade in Vietnam. Because of this, I was DISDAINED  by a lot of people. To overcome this suffering, I self-taught English by reading English books and magazines. After 1975, I spent almost six years in re-education camps. Afterwards, I continued to self-teach English and since 2002, I self-taught computer by reading books in libraries or ordering books in Amazon. I almost forgot, I was a tutor in Math for two years for students - just came from Vietnam so they could do their homework . 

When my doctor asked me "What are you doing now? " I said, I am mentor in computer for my friends. She said, "Are you an expert ?", I replied, "No, I am the one-eyed man in the village of blinds!"