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1 4 c h a n g e / 1 5 w a l k /
1 6 m e m o r i e s / 1 7 w o n d e r /
1 8 c o m e / 1 9 g r e e t i n g /
2 0 p u t o n / 2 1 h o p e / 2 2 o n e /
2 3 w i n d o w / 2 4 p l a c e /
2 5 s t o r e y / 2 6 l o o k /
year two zero one tw
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reaching the end of herself.
wondering how does she carry on?
she has no idea.
she cries.
why does it hurt so much to love?
to love the things we do.
to love the people near us?
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reach ing for deeper conversa t ions .
take us deeper in love.
needing some space.
some quietness.
embracing sorrow.
How does sorrow extend to compassion?
questions and answers.
questions without answers.
lost, needing some direction.
she is spread thin.
l ike a flattened kaya on a bread.
“declutter ”, she hears Him say.
she wonders and seeks to pray.
words fail .
quietness f i l ls .
“ dont give up”.
her heart crumbles.
“ God... .” she cries.
wordscarry weight.
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fill. feel.
she finds it hard
how to “say no”.
no one can be with us all the time.
she can’t be there for others always.
there are others who can f i l l 1 the gap.
even though she can feel2
and maybe f i l l3 the need,
she is not indispensible.
she feels4 l ike going to the beach for a l ittle walk.
fill | verb.
1 complete3 provide or supply to the fullest
feel | adj.
2 have compassion 4 {informal.~ like.} desires
silent walks have a way of revealingthings unseen.
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lack.
lack of passion . lack of prayers .
lack of s leep . lack of silence .
silence to think through things.
sleep to rest the tired body.
prayers to begin heart’s change.
passion to carry it through.
running a w a y. closing her eyes.
her friend told her, “you’re tired.”
they hugged. she gave a tissue
(that has a drawing of a tree)
for her tears.
lack | noun, verb. 1 the absence of something 2 to be without or in need of
bare.
the beauty of bare branches.
her friend told her,
“God finds you beautiful.
i see His beauty in you.”
when she could barely believe,
her friend gave her courage to
lay bare before God;
e v e r y thing that is inside .
“ Do bare branches feel
sad inside?” she asked.
her friend told her,
“no they don’t. the leaves
will grow one day.”
bare | adj.
1 uncover or reveal. 2 lacking the usual covering
to be vulnerable takes courage, trust and love.
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she thank God for people
who are will ing to carr y1
the depths of her emotions
- emotions that are sometimes
too deep for herself to carr y2.
“God... . . .
i feel scared.
of what l ies ahead.
of how i need to carr y3 on.”
His familiar comfort:
“Hush, my child.
I will carr y4 you. ”
carr y| verb.
1. share | 2. contain3. continue despite a setback | 4. hold
meandering.
l ingering.
remembering.
weaving each moment
the second hand travelled.
around and around.
tick tock little clock.
pack.| verb 1. to bring to an end
can emotions be packed?
收拾。
整 理 ; 整 顿
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when she feels laden with heavy
emotions1, she tears, prays, draws,
takes a walk, writes letters, shares
with a friend.
how do you pack your emotions?
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情绪。
心 理 状 态
[ qíngxù ]
1 heavy emotions.
stressed / helpless with broken
relationships / worried over little things /
setting too high expectations / comparing
with others / saying yes to too many
things / magnify problems /
pa queued
to buy her an ice cream.
She likes her ice cream on rainy days1.
cold. rainy.
when relationships feel cold;
she finds comfort in the choice
of keeping the coldness warm.
like how pa bought an ice cream
for her,
on her cold rainy day.
1 days when she feels l ike crying.
she hands over her cares.
one at a time;
she gives them to God.
the ice cream melts in her mouth.
sweet. sof t.
l ike how her father ’s
smile is to her.
pistachio flavoured ice cream
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ma says it takes 7 minutes
to cook half boiled eggs.
she took a picture of the eggs
on the morning ma cooked
two half boiled eggs for her.
ma used to clean up a whole
coffeeshop with her brother.
they walk a long way home
with grandma af ter cleaning
the coffeeshop. it takes up
an af ternoon.
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a te two eggs with kaya toast
for breakfast this morning.
thankful for ma to be with her.
“is it cooked?”
she asked with care.
“can you handle?”
she asked again when the eggs
are hot. she cares.
“full of Thee, empty1
of me.”
empty | verb.
1 containing nothing
无言的
交流。
wordless com
munion
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she feels closer to friends
when she remembers
them in her prayers.
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a subtle change in the sky,
she caught the trail left behind.
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a change is caught in her heart. leaving behind the past,
“change my heart.”
how does the sky look like for a visually disabled person?
the skywalking her back home.
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walk.
walking without sight.
“shall we play the game again?”
he asked her.
she understood and walked
with both eyes closed,
holding his hands.
“trust me”
he told her.
walking closer, by faith
in their relationship.
b irthday
balloons.
12 midnight
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回忆。
美
“Leaving behind sweet memories to form new ones.” -grace
“Leaving behind sweet memories to form new ones.” -grace
wonder.
how many cardboards does
aunty has to collect today?
does uncle have a home?
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come.
“i know how much you
can bear.”
“come here and sit with Me
for a wihle.”
“come to Me.”
“sit beside Me dear child.”
“walking with you, hold on
to Me.”
a night where she cries out
to Him and hear Him speak.
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janitors’ l i t t le room in school.
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aunties, uncles’ greetings.
“xiao mei, have you eaten?”
aunty who always calls her “little girl”.
“are you graduating this year?”
gardener uncle who puts a plaster for
her when she cuts her finger that day.
“i was wondering if i were to see you”
aunty who is very hardworking, and
shares with her stories.
they make her day.
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put on courage, strength and joy.
the old has gonethe new has come.
the old has gonethe new has come.
a prayer.
may You meet her at the crossroads of her
thoughts, to captivate them as You invite
us to “bring thoughts into captivity . .”
(isn’t the root word captivate? doesn’t it
mean attract?) God attracts her to Him
and captivates her thoughts.
allow her to hear when You speak.
泪。为祢。祢的礼物。
thinking about the word 想 [xiang]。
l itt le esther shared with her about 目 in
the word 想 which means “to look”.
相 [xiang]
相遇 | 相信
| encounter | trust
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想
she hopes to
一心相信
trust fully,
双眼看见。
see with eyes of faith.
hope. | fully.
“one thing at a time.”
推开窗
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记 Remember
小点滴
Moments that take our breath away.
得 Receive
记得 a place that ceases to be just a space.
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storey. | story.
th i s morning her f r i end shared
his s tor y wi th her about how
happy he was . she fe l t so happy
for h im that she a lmost t eared .
“be li f ted up.”
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look. | consider, contemplate,
think about.
planting seeds of forgiveness. being forgiven and forgiving. love happens when peoeple forgive.
look into. |
a glimpse of your heart.
walk. | the act of traveling by foot
pause. |
走走
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停停。 /
听听。/ listen. | to pay attention
walk. | the act of traveling by foot
to cease from action.
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散
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wind. |
“ falling leaves d a n c i n g in the wind ”
风
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心
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话
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1 d e e p e r / 2 t o l o v e / 3 l o s t /
4 c r i e s / 5 f i l l . f e e l / 6 l a c k /
7 b a r e / 8 c a r r y / 9 a r o u n d /
1 0 p a c k / 1 1 i c e c r e a m /
1 2 c h a i r ( s ) / 1 3 e g g s /
1 4 w o r d l e s s c o m m u n i o n /