Frank Yan of Sacramento on Is There an Increase Chance of Death?

After Frank’s workout, Frank was listening to a program on a Sacramento radio station from his comfort of his home in Sacramento, Ca. The speaker mentioned that there was a highly increased chance of death if you are overweight, diabetic, or smoke. Wow!! Frank thought the chance of death was 100%. What is the chance of death with any of the above said? It can’t be MORE than 100%, can it?

Someone must not proofread their material. Frank Yan believes that what they meant was that the chance for an earlier than normal death was increased by any or all of the aforementioned factors. It’s a small distinction that Frank knows, BUT, in the world we live in today where people are supposed to be getting smarter and smarter…… Right?


It just shows you that you cannot rely on spell check every time to catch everything. Everybody seems to want to rely in this world of technology and applications for everything. What is next? We have cashiers that cannot make change and these high school graduates that can do calculus and physics, but can’t balance their own checkbook or credit card statements. We have people that can’t read a map, what happens when your GPS fails? Do you immediately go buy another or drive around Sacramento until you stumble across your destination?


We see major newspapers that contain more errors than Frank was ever allowed in a high school report. Nobody seems to fact check, but then this isn’t a real major newspaper. Frank has seen roads with directional signs that seem to be intended to confuse out of area travelers. Try being from out of the area and driving around in another country without getting in a wreck. People from out of the area need road signs placed well before a turn in one standard location (so they can be found), not on wires across the road, then on a pole on the right corner, then on a post on the left side of the street, etc.


Frank Yan wants to know who really thinks there is an increased chance of death. Frank also likes to know why these types of errors that are occurring. Is it that we are ALL way too busy to verify things? Perhaps there is just too much knowledge that we think we know? Why don’t we just concentrate on teaching students things in school that everybody will use in their normal everday lives? Not everybody, in reality only a small percentage, will EVER need calculus and physics, but everyone should be able to spot errors such as, spelling errors, road signs that make no sense, common, increased chance of death, etc. Everyone should be able to balance a checking or credit card account and
count money without a calculator.

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Walking Past the Homeless

Walking Past the Homeless. What do you do?



- If your reaction is of caution, that’s OK.
- If your reaction is to pretend they are not even there, that’s OK.
- If your reaction is putting extra space between yourself and the homeless, that’s OK.
- If your reaction is to look away from the homeless and try and avoid eye contact, that’s OK.


For many people, walking past a homeless beggar can be indecisive at times. We all hear so many of the negative things about the homeless, that we naturally act very cautious and may even have to think very carefully before taking any action at all. In the past, when Frank Yan was much younger and more naive as litte boy in London, Frank never used to give money to the homeless begging. He was always told, by immediate family, not to. He was told that he if gave the homeless money, they would spent that money on alcohol or drugs. Frank Yan was fed all sorts of beliefs that limited his perception and taught him to be afraid of doing anything genuinely good. He was taught to be selfish during that time. Frank is fairly sure that he is not alone in this experience or alone with these beliefs.


Frank was told to believe something when he was younger and Frank was given every good reason why. But then he made his own reasons of “Why not Right?….” It wasn’t a question of whether what he was doing was right or wrong, it was a question of what felt right to him. It was an action that allowed him to feel like he was doing something for the greater good. He was doing something and by helping people which is something Frank enjoys.


So there Frank was one day, walking past a homeless man in Old Sacramento, walking towards Raley’s Field to watch the Rivercats game in West Sacramento and he was feeling that initial insecurity; “What should I do? Where should I look? How should I feel? Should I acknowledge them? Will I feel guilty if I walk by without giving money? If I ignore them maybe they’ll disappear?” Do any of those questions or feelings seem familiar to you?


Frank decided that day to give this Sacramento homeless man, all the change I had within my pocket. Before he did, Frank smiled and knew that he wouldn’t catch anything. Frank pulled out what he had; it was about $7 enough for the homeless man to eat for the day. Frank walked up to the homeless man and gave him the money in his plastic cup he was holding in his hand. When Frank walked away he didn’t think about what he would use the money on; Frank didn’t feel like he did it out of pity; he didn’t even feel like I was giving him any money.


Frank felt like he was walking past “him” and this other “me” asked for a “him” to share, and in that way Frank shared something with this beautiful human soul. Frank doesn’t think about what clothes he was wearing or that he may hurt him. All Frank Yan could think was that this soul was another Brother in Christ, just like him.

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Time to Act Now

The time to act is now. According to Frank Yan, a businessman in Sacramento. He says the sooner you deal with a difficult situation that come across your path, the less time you will spend living with it. The sooner you take the advantage of the possibilities to make them become positive, the more time you will spend reaping the rewards of it.

Again Frank Yan says with passion, the time to act is now, when you have that precise intention of your thought, and reasonings to act. Now is when you are clear about why, and now is when your passionately engaged, so Frank suggests that you put it to use purposely.

Frank has observed many people in his Sacramento area put care and consideration into what they do. Yet they do not care and don’t allow consideration be the only thing they do. Put care into it and allow your thoughts to do the right thing. So the time to act is now.

The faster that you take action, the better advantage you have. The faster you take action, the more detailed and effective you can be.

The situation won’t change by pretending it is something different or by wishing it goes away. The situation will only change when you act to make a difference, and the time to do that is now.

Always give yourself a time from anxiety, worries, and difficulties that will fall on top of other difficulties. You should take control now, quickly now, act positively, and make your world in Sacramento better by what you choose to do.