“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and sings it back to you when you have forgotten how it goes.” – Unknown
” Good listeners care enough about you to go beyond their clamoring mind to get in touch with the deep feelings concealed behind the words. They are interested in identifying with the peacefulness – the silent witness – the watcher who sits in the stillness and knows. They know that, deep inside, we are the same. Beyond the words, beyond the histrionics of ego, forever jockeying for position, good listeners know that we are all pure being – the sense of “I am.”
When you connect at this level, words are rarely necessary. They become amusing playthings for sport – puns and jokes to help you enjoy one another through laughter and joy. Together, you can share the myrth of poking fun at the inadequacies of language.
When you find such a person, you have found a true treasure. When you become such a person, you are in a position to offer others a rare and valuable gift – your time, your undivided attention, your empathy, compassion and feelings of closeness. Your heart.
How do you become such a person? A good place to begin is to begin listening . . . listen with your heart. “
“To stay in love . . . live from your heart,
It’s just a little give and take, to stay together even when you’re apart.
To stay in love . . . give from your heart,
Take a little and give a lot, and talk it over from the very start.
Stay in love, and live . . . live from your heart.”
- from the song, “Live From Your Heart” by Tupelo Kenyon
this is my second time reading it in a different language. And it moved me just like the first time i read it. do take your time to read it if you have the time…
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The man came home from work late again, tired and irritated, to find his 5 year old son waiting for him at the door.
Daddy, may I ask you a question?”
“Yeah, sure, what is it?” replied the man.
“Daddy, how much money do you make an hour?”
“That’s none of your business! What makes you ask such a thing?” the man said angrily.
“I just want to know. Please tell me, “how much do you make an hour?” pleaded the little boy.
“If you must know, I make $20.00 an hour.”
“Oh,” the little boy replied, head bowed.
Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I borrow $10.00 please?”
The father was furious. “If the only reason you wanted to know how much money I make is just so you can borrow some to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you’re being so selfish. I work long, hard hours everyday and don’t have time for such childish games.” The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.
The man sat down and started to get even madder about the little boy’s questioning. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money.
After an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think he may have been a little hard on his son. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10.00, and he really didn’t ask for money very often.
The man went to the Door of the little boy’s room and opened the door. “Are you asleep son?” he asked.
“No daddy, I’m awake,” replied the boy.
“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,” said the man. “It’s been a long day and I took my aggravation out on you. Here’s that $10.00 you asked for.”
The little boy sat straight up, beaming. “Oh, thank you daddy!” he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow, he pulled out some more crumpled up bills. The man, since the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at the man.
“Why did you want more money if you already had some?” the father grumbled.
“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied.
“Daddy, I have $20.00 now. Can I buy an hour of your time?”
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it brought me to some reflections after what happened yesterday on mother’s day. each of us actually have a limited time span to live. yet i think it is so amazing that i have met you in this journey.. 
i guess, many times we just need people to love us as who we are.. not all parents would love the same, but surely, they are who whom gave us life. im thankful for wonderful parents and i am thankful for great friends that care!
indeed, time is the most precious thing on earth. its the only thing that cant be restored, once its lost.
Live each day as you have never lived before!
open your eyes and see, that there is somone who cares and understands.
open your ears and hear, the prayers that were behind you while you tear.
open your heart and forgive, the sorrows and hurt that make you bend.
open your mind and forget, renewing your mind and heavenly thoughts your mind sets..
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its midweek! and here i am to post about how my week has been so far.
Caught up with Guan and Timo on monday and i have to say, it was truly a fruitful time for myself to get to know more about them despite the fact that i’ve only known timo for 4 years and guan 7years. i met the guys up at katong and we went ahead to ebeenex music to check some pedals out. Guan tried on 4 pedals(right, not those for the bicycles!) and i thought OCD Fulltone sounded pretty nice! its very based on how sensitive the guitarist plays and Holier Reverb( the simple version ) sounds pretty alright with OCD. So guan, i think its time to save up to get them yah! in total, its an awesome time talking to the guys and helping guan to cancel out his wish list( out of the multitudes of wishes he has, he only managed to crossed out ONE. =D HAHAHA! )
Then we did mentioned something about personalities when talked about the traits of a female - whether she’s a D or simple Jane. He did mentioned that Guanrong thought i was pretty hyper. Haha, and i remembered Chris told me the same thing when he first knew me. Am i really am? hmmm…
right, actually before that i was actually doing some photo taking for my civil servant matrix card at cisco and doing my medial check up and raffles hospital. the first was a horrendous experience. i was glad, chanbihui was there to accompany me through the boring wait. well, i guess not alot of people like to wait. But its truly a fruit that is worth cultivating - patience. not to forget, to my surprised we bumped into classmates like pretty chuang, amanda, meizhen and wenbin and exchanged smiles! its a really small world out there!
here comes tuesday. the unforgettable day of my life perhaps. in the morning, i tuned in to some music online and ran for 20mins or so at home! it was a good experience cos i sweat all my anxieties and worries out! i think i’ve found a new way to release stress and thats cool! i was tuning to jay chou’s - yang guan zhai nan and i fell in love with the song!! his latest album really not bad.. with songs like my favourite like yang guang zhai nan and qing hua ci, its awesome lah! AND the MAIN THING is… I FORGOT TO DO WARM UP BEFORE I RAN, am currently enduring some muscle aches after the “vigorous” workout session on tuesday morning.
Later that day, i went for the long awaited bv audition! many who went told me how much they longed and waited like don’t know what just for this audition to come, and i simply give them the * wah man, you are really brave and patient man look * and its one audition every 2-3 years! WOW, i better count myself lucky! And i really am very privileged too. I mean these people that i’ve met are really persistent in the things that they want! I guess this is the first time i can really pluck up my courage to do something i really want to do. and i really pray that my capacity would enlarge like never before as i hold on to the promises i have
But then on the other hand, i got to miss an important meeting for the audition. Which i hope i could really attend as well. But i was so happy for friends that were recharged and found back their strength after that.
In case if you are wondering if i have been working, yes i have! i don’t want to lead a slacker life either. i would probably gain weight like no one’s business. i’ve ended my previous project in my company and its the beginning of a new project. many things to learn, to understand and to adapt then apply. But i am just glad that i am still coping alright. at the same time, i’ve made 2 new friends, daniel and chaihuat. There are so many chaihuats in this world!! HAHAHA!! and i cant stop laughing when i mention this name, cos my best friend’s brother’s called chaihuat as well. so we have been doing role plays with one another again and again, hoping that we would know the script so well and we could quickly kickstart this project! and i guess, this would probably be my last project in the company…
in fact, im missing the dell team alot. the old one as well as the new one. where we still have tengming qingqi benny crystal joe rebekah and my beloved SHENG SHIONG and i do miss the new dell with yongheng pamela stanley and ken. Zack’s leaving too.. *sobs* Zack was puzzled over lunch just now how come a dell team could bond so well. i guess i have no idea also. afterall we are people all from different walks of life and of different backgrounds and yet we found friendship in one another despite the demanding work! at the later part of dell, i would remember how i would ” take 5″ with yiting and yongheng and etc.
well, im like waiting for my project manager to get me to a conference call. so i am not lazing around in my office ok! and aiyo.. my muscle really ache… i think heels have to be banned over the weekend le..im walking totally like an old lady now. hands ache, back ache and my calves!! they ache big time…
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people come and people go, in the end You are all that remains.
You are faithful and i am really thankful.
渴望飞翔梦想遥远
现在的我不如从前
我想自由视野辽阔
你说你不能给我
爱表破碎沉默寡言
其实你不懂我的心
时间考验何能了解
你我来自不同世界
有多少次我叛逆不懂事？
有多少次 有多少次？
有多少次我叛逆不懂事？
有多少次 有多少次？
我想自由爱我别走
带我到我要的路口
爱我别让我别走
爱我，就让我自由。
just keep on walking, and dont look back anymore.
one of the ways to encourage myself with lovely promises is to read the word and another to search thru guit4christ.
i learnt something in BS with Pastor Kenneth this week. that without true righteousness and holy living, there is no lasting peace and joy!
hence it leads me to this very old song that i love:
WHEN I LOOK INTO YOUR HOLINESS
WHEN I GAZE INTO YOUR LOVELINESS
WHEN ALL THINGS THAT SURROUNDS ME
BECOME SHADOWS IN THE LIGHT OF YOU
WHEN I’VE FOUND THE JOY
OF REACHING YOUR HEART
WHEN MY WILL BECOMES ENTHRONE IN YOUR LOVE
WHEN ALL THINGS THAT SURROUNDS ME
BECOME SHADOWS IN THE LIGHT OF YOU
I WORSHIP YOU, I WORSHIP YOU
THE REASON I LIVE
IS TO WORSHIP YOU
and good thoughts came to my mind. its really not easy to remain positive when circumstances seems like theres only impossibilities, but i guess, when we spend time with a loved one, everything simply just becomes shadows in the light of him or her. thats where i draw my comfort and strength from
sometimes its just about finding the right words to say.
many people failed, but those who succeed started from failing.my words frame my world. out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. i need to learn to speak my words right!
was at choir prac yesterday and i was tremendously blessed. it was more than a prac, many were set free many healed and i met Him. After all, i know He will bring me through. Self-doubt is the weakest link in a faith chain and i should believe in myself more and i already am!
that was really all i need, a touch. and yupp, i am so happy to say life would never be the same again.
just one touch.
yes just one touch.
