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What is your current state of mind?
Blessed and optimistic.

What are the components of bliss?
Peace, love and respect.

If you could invite anyone from history to dinner who would it be?
Sylvia Plath. I wish my optimism would change her life.

What is the best piece of advice you were ever given, and who gave it to you?
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us - Ralph Waldo Emerson.

What is the one thing you’d change about yourself?
I wish I could have better memory.

What is the most outrageous thing you’ve heard said about yourself?
“Do you speak English, ma’m?”

What would it take to make you go, WOW!!!?
Watching my son playing table tennis at Championship level.

Who are your real life heroes?
For me, heroes are the ordinary people who strive to be honest about themselves and to be good as well. 

What feature / quality do you find most interesting in another person?
Passion to fulfill their dreams.

What word or phrase do you most overuse?
“Good job”

What is your earliest memory of childhood?
Because of my sensitive nose, I detected carbon monoxide, thus I saved several persons’ lives.

You have $100. What do you spend it on?
Having dinner with friends.

What has been your greatest memory?
The birth of my son let me experience unconditional love.

What would your autobiography be called?
Wings Toward Sunlight - Poetry Alive

What’s your pet peeve? What really ticks you off?
People who always blame others.

Who is your favourite fictional hero?
Jane Eyre.

Who is the most interesting person you’ve ever met?
Susan J. Epstein (An author who wrote about MS healing). We met on vacation, though she has MS, she is very optimistic and reaches out with support for others.

You have an afternoon all to yourself away from everything and everybody. How do you spend it?
I will take a walk and wish to “Wander Lonely as a Cloud” like William Wordsworth.

You arrive at the pearly gates, what does St. Peter say to you?
“Sorry. We made a mistake. We will send you back right now safely.”

If the whole world were listening, what would you say?
“Life is short. Live it fully.” GL
Anna Yin
Photo by Steve Uhraney