thanhtuyen levant is my name. I grew up in Vietnam, a small country in South East Asia. Life back then was quite different. I was born in war time in the civil war that lasted over 30 years. It became familiar with me. At an early age of 6 to 9, I remember thinking "war" was the way of life. Hunger and thirst were "normal". Seeing dead bodies somehow made me feel I was invisible. I blocked out those bad feelings and replaced with an imagination of me being a small monkey having endless images and visions for her life. I explored my "own" world as much as I could then. What a time that was for me! Many memories which I hold dear in my heart have given me part of my past. It was my history, my young life as I knew it.
The Communists defeated the Democratic Vietnamese government on April 30, 1974. Over 10 years after the war ended, Dad escaped and brought me abroad in my early teen years. I have adapted to my new life, and have gradually found myself and understood the person that I have become today. I have learned that life is full of the ups and the downs, but it is how we react and handle it that will help us be more compassionate and more tolerance of others. Through it all, I am very thankful of my Creator who has walked with me since my birth. Without my past, I would not have become the person who I am today.
My life has been deeply loved, deeply lived, deeply cultivated and deeply touched by a powerful guiding Light.
Below are a few beautiful images of my current life. My children have given me endless wonderful visions of my life.
I have two beautiful daughters, Demi and Maggie, who are highly intelligent, spiritual, artistic, very intellectual, funny and smart. Their wisdom go beyond their years. They are very compassionate with singing and loving all fun activities with their peers. They both are in "schools of the arts" where we reside.
What matters most for me is to live a life of love. Love is eternal, and it leaves a legacy. The most enduring impact I can leave here on earth for my children is unconditional LOVE, not my wealth or my accomplishment.
The most desired gift of love is a FOCUSED attention. The best use of life is LOVE. The best expression of love is TIME. I want to live a life of LOVE because LOVE is my greatest ambition and passion of my life!
My children' s UNCONDITIONAL love for me is the DRIVE for me to be my best and to be the person I am today. . . many endless fields of dreams of beautiful visions they have brought into my life!!!
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traduit par J-L Millot (merci Monsieur Millot)
J'ai deux belle filles, Demi et Maggie, qui sont très intelligentes, spirituelles, artistiques, très intellectuelles, drôles et smart.
Leur sagesse est au-delà de leurs années. Elles sont très compatissantes, chantent et aiment les activités amusantes avec leurs amies. Là où nous vivons, elles sont toutes deux dans une école d'art.
Ce qui importe le plus pour moi est de vivre une vie d'amour. L'amour est éternel, et il laisse un héritage. Le seul impact durable que je puisse laisser ici sur terre pour me filles est l'amour sans réserve, et non mes biens ou mes réalisations. Le cadeau le plus désiré de l'amour est une attention concentrée. Le meilleur usage de la vie est l'amour. La meilleure expression de l'amour est le temps. Je veux vivre une vie d'amour car l'amour est ma plus grande ambition et passion dans ma vie.
L'amour inconditionnel de mes filles envers moi est ma force pour être meilleure et pour être la personne que je suis aujourd'hui... elles ont apporté dans ma vie de nombreux champs de rêves et d'imaginations.
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