Oh well it was back in 2019 when I came across
Jeremy Griffith's work.
It was the free book that I downloaded onto my phone and it
was a really tough read.
So I put it to the side and I didn't go back to it for about
a year or two until maybe February of this year.
I was going through some really dark times and health
issues within the family and just, you know, the
pandemic and everything.
And it was a really tough time in February.
That's when I went back into the materials and
even though I didn't finish the book, I signed up
on the website.
I engaged with all the essays, the emails and the essays
and everything, and it just keeps you engaged.
Studying the materials in the works and then integrating it
into my life has really changed me.
It's been really life altering.
And like you say, I got to have my Kleenex every time I talk
about it because it makes me such a, just a
more compassionate, peaceful person, you know?
And I love it!
And I just wish everybody could be the same way.
And my daughters are, I think my daughters,
they've always been great.
But now I see them in this more loving light.
And I don't have to worry so much about them anymore,
you know?
And my husband, he's getting better.
And I can see
our relationship is getting so much better because I
understand why we do the things we do, why we say the things we
say to each other, you know?
And it's just improved my relationships quite a bit.
And May,
I was just curious, was there a specific moment
when you've been exploring Jeremy's work that stood out
for you in terms of what hit you the most?
I think it was because during the start of the war,
the Ukrainian war,
that's always been a struggle for me to understand
why wars happen.
I was a child during the Vietnam War.
And so it affected me.
I was pretty young, so it didn't affect me that much
because I didn't understand what was going on.
But, you know, I saw the devastation in people's lives
that that war caused.
But it brought me here to the US when I was about four
and we had to struggle.
My parents didn't speak the language and they had
a hard time getting jobs and
it was really rough.
My parents have since passed, but they
did their best.
Yes.
Thank you.
They did their best to make sure we were taken care of.
I have five brothers.
Wow.
Yeah.
They're all scattered across the U.S. And one of them went
back to Vietnam. But they did their best.
And their best is so good because we all turned
out really well.
You know, I'm married.
Happily married.
I've got two beautiful girls.
And, you know, life is just so good.
And I don't know, had I stayed there over there, I don't know
how my life would have been.
But my life is so good right now.
And I was so mad and angry at my parents for the longest time
because I thought that they weren't doing enough.
Why were we so poor and why were we having all these struggles
and why are people so mean?
But it wasn't them.
You know, they did the best they could.
I think it was during the war.
I was really struggling with why they had to do that.
But now I understand, you know, that's that's how it
has to be.
And it's okay.
You know I forgive,
I forgive,
my parents,
I forgive myself for being so mean to my parents because I
lacked the understanding.
And, you know, it's really,
It's really something else,
this understanding.
Yeah.
And that war,
it just...
When it happened
I remember sitting outside and crying to a friend of mine on
the phone and
then I remembered
Freedom.
And I thought, why am I even feeling this way?
I should really look back into that information and see if I
can help myself somehow to get out of these feelings and
this depression and maybe shed some light.
So I went back and I read some of the essays.
What Jeremy Griffith and everybody else that understands
this information has presented and are perpetuating,
It's the truth.
You know, when you come to understand all of this,
you forgive.
You're so easy to forgive because there's nothing
to not forgive.
And so I'm just really grateful and thankful.
And it's really ignited a burning desire.
I mean, you can't tell right now from my face that there is
a burning desire to get this information out to as many
people as I can.
It's a burning desire to help all our children and everyone,
everyone in the world to find peace.
And that's the thing with me, the thing that I love
the most.
It's brought a lot of peace into my life.
A lot of peace.