Posts from ‘August, 2008’

Yesterday, I was talking with my daughter and she told me I want the world to notice me. I thought to myself I wouldn’t want the world to notice me, but that’s not true. When I was younger I wanted to be famous. Now at 36, I still want to be well known. I want [...]

Dealing with application of the book Nehemiah in my life.

Ly Syin’s application of the principles of building found in the biblical text Nehemiah

Today I  was evicted from my apartment. I had thought about Iyanla Vanzant  because  she wrote  her first book during the time she got evicted. Unfortunately, this is not the first time. The first time I was evicted I did not show up to court. This time I even drove the moving truck some. I had to [...]

I have been going to church off and on all my life. I was reading a blog the other day and I realized, even though  I have attended the same church for twenty years, I don’t really know anybody. The blog was talking about how in American culture we isolate. I realized they were right. [...]

When I use to go library in the Central  West End. I would always see a homeless man sitting outside.  He would just sit and sketch pictures. One day I was reading the Riverfront Times and there was an article about him.  The article told about how he use to work for Mc Donnell Douglas [...]

Summary of Ly Syin’s personal experience dealing with being homeless. The brief biographical post deals with how being homeless strengthen Ly Syin’s character.

In the United States of American we have learned that individualism is more important than community. Our society has become individualistic and isolated, that is why America still struggles with issues such as: environmental issues, education, poverty, and people being homeless. The last element that has destroyed the ability for citizens to become their brothers [...]

Paul told me you should give roses to living. He told me dead people don’t know they got flowers. He said he wanted his flowers while he was living. For years I cried about my mother seeming not to love me. I remember crying to my dad about it, and him telling me he loved [...]

When I heard the early buzz about the movie Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith. I decided to read the book. I still have not read the whole book, I read the section before Christopher Gardner became homeless, his homeless period and when he got on his feet. From reading his book I have learned [...]