I Have to Kill You

Have you ever heard of that joke… "I can tell you the secret to life…but I have to kill you"? In one of the more livelier seminars by Tuhan, he said exactly that.

The plain truth is that the secrets to life are simple and easy. The difficulty. The challenge. The secret of all secret is that YOU have to be willing to change your life. So you see, in changing your life, you are in essence killing the old you.

This is actually not as morbid as it sounds. Every day, we change. Sometimes we change for the better, sometimes for the worse. If we make sure that day by day, we change for the better more than the worse, we come out ahead.

So in this blog, I expect readers to be critical and questioning. The only proof I have is that I am not homeless. I married the woman of my dreams. My life is happy. My wife is fun. We have plans to be successful.

Seven years ago, I was afraid of being homeless. I could not find a job. I was ready to let go of my then girlfriend. I was miserable.

Note that what happened to me is that I was in so much PAIN that I was ready to kill the old me. I was ready to change. Unless a person is ready to change, they will fall to the same old habits over and over again.

Money Matters

Money Matters

I am nearing forty. I still remember when I was thirteen and I had just come from the Philippines. I was just a high school graduate about to enter Berkeley. I was a college senior applying to med school and graduate school. I was the future of America. Now, I am the present of America.

Time flies. Five years flew by. A year ago, I was not married. Now, I am.

In all these moments, I have been fortunate enough to have had a teacher. His name is Tuhan Joe Arriola. From his experiences, he decided to teach a community. I am lucky enough to be taught by him.

But it was not all beds of roses. I am intelligent, and very often I collided with Tuhan about his advice and his thoughts. In the end, I had to follow my wife and trust that she did things for the best.

Years later, I understand the things that Tuhan said. I understand that sometimes, to make money, you have to let go of the emotion, the prejudices and the ego.

This is my story…

Beginnings

Five years ago, I began taking classes in money matters. It took me a while to figure things out. Some things I am still figuring out. This is my way of reminding myself of the things I need to know and remember.