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Month: September 2025

Finding Your Sacred Mission

Finding Your Sacred Mission

Posted on September 30, 2025September 30, 2025 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

Companies have mission statements to inspire them. What’s your personal mission? The mission statement is short and powerful, like a north star that you can return to over and over to inspire and guide you. By holding a mission statement in your mind and heart, you can live fully in the present moment and create …Read More

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300 Years of Classical Music

300 Years of Classical Music

Posted on September 26, 2025September 26, 2025 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

Imagine a world without music. Today, music is everywhere. With our personal devices and headphones, we can walk around in our own personal soundscape. However, in the memories of some of those alive today, music was something heard only in live performance. I imagine the wonder of hearing the beautiful voice of the violin for …Read More

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After My Mother Died ~ Joel Ying

After My Mother Died ~ Joel Ying

Posted on September 15, 2025September 15, 2025 by Dr. Joel Ying, MD

The year after my mother diedWas filled with angerSleepless nightsGetting upAnd walking through my dayWhere the best and worst thingThat I could do was forgetEven for a momentThe second year after my mother diedWas filled with angerAnd joyThinking ofThe way that she would laugh beforeHer own punchlinesCross her legs and say“I have to pee!”And laugh …Read More

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