Give a Different Kind of Gift This Valentine’s Day
In 1984, a woman gave her husband an incredible gift. Unbeknownst to her, this simple, free act of unwavering love that took less than a minute to deliver would not just change their lives but would make history. In the years to come, this gift would touch the lives of many around the world — definitely mine — and perhaps yours, too.
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You see, this man had given up on himself. He had fought long and hard for his dream and he had given it everything. The battle had begun in 1978 when he had applied for film school against his father’s wishes — a choice that strained his relationship with his father for over two decades.
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He defied his father, bet everything on his dream, and flew to America only to discover that his father had been right. It wasn’t the menial jobs he had to do that broke his soul, it was the harsh rejection over and over again. Hollywood was simply not ready to welcome an unknown Chinese immigrant with open arms.
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His battle continued when his in-laws — worried about his wife’s financial future — wanted to gift them with a sum of money to open a Chinese restaurant. When he found out that his wife had refused the money, he realized the burden that his dream had placed on his wife. Not only was she the main breadwinner for him and their young son, but she also had to endure the humiliation of her family thinking her husband could not provide for them. After many years of failure and rejection, he finally decided to face reality and give up on his dream.
So, he quietly enrolled in a computer course at a local community college. He sank into a depressive state after that decision. His wife soon discovered his schedule of classes and understood why. That is when she gave him a gift of love that really changed his life. In his own words,
The next morning, right before she got in her car to head off to work, my wife turned back and — standing there on our front steps — said, ‘Ang, don’t forget your dream.’
And that dream of mine — drowned by demands of reality — came back to life. As my wife drove off, I took the class schedule out of my bag and slowly, deliberately tore it to pieces. And tossed it in the trash.