unspoken words

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

o.

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

/ [ shöushi ]

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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

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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.

在

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舞

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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 /