Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1
withers away @ 9:24 pm
感情像个闹钟 按一下就停
withers away @ 10:28 pm
《點水》 - 楊丞琳
脫下自己 蓋上你
離開心的舒適圈
我願意主動被你選擇 你卻不說話
準備漣漪等著你
降低坦白的門檻
你堅持沉默好過敷衍亂給承諾
七十億個靈魂都在找同個永恆
以為我們終於等到單純
你把話說完了 愛領走了
我在原地確實空得單純
我還是想要對你好
想直接相信此刻安靜是因為
心跳還有共鳴 還沒真的失去
我太懶惰 玩不贏心理遊戲
我大可繼續對你好
不介意蜻蜓點水般的打擾
雖然你明明停靠那麼久
生活太過千頭萬緒 才想在感情裡任性
讓我攤開真心墊著你 自由飛行的軌跡
我還是想要對你好
想直接相信此刻心痛是因為
回憶還有共鳴 不會真的失去
我太笨拙 玩不起心理遊戲
多想要繼續對你好
不介意蜻蜓點水般的打擾
只怕我對你的好 才是打擾
只怕我對你的好 你不需要
withers away @ 7:46 pm
Word.
withers away @ 12:49 pm
"If the chaotic world has exhausted you, and you've been neglecting your friend... If you want some excitement in your life... go on a trip with a friend!"
withers away @ 7:26 pm
Everyone has a story to tell. And everyone has the right to make his story known. You may or may not like the story, but you may choose how to respond to it. And that is what makes all the difference.
withers away @ 6:04 pm
这是摩羯无声的温柔。懂得欣赏的会感激不尽; 不懂欣赏的会觉得摩羯冷漠有距离感。
withers away @ 6:51 pm
On a separate note, I think I may never forget how we ended off my favourite sacred piece of the night - Christus. After the first line during our run through in the rehearsal, TT stopped us and said he felt some goosebumps. Well, so did I. It's not the loudest chords that give you the most goosebumps; the softest lines with great intensity gives you a lot more.
Executed with all our heart and our control, I feel we did a fantastic job on that for the actual performance. TT said before that he personally liked the piece a lot and told us not to screw it up. I particularly liked that piece last night because I could distinctively feel that he was in control of us and we allowed him take charge and we flowed along with him. I won't forget how he ended the piece. Our hearts were strung way up with his hands that were still in the air after the last note ended. He let his hands loose, smiled at us satisfyingly, and mouthed the words "thank you". Frankly speaking, that meant a lot to me. Because we didn't fail him. And not only did we not fail him, we did well.
Thank you TT on so many levels, because I think you did good as an educator as well. Not perfect, but we all try our best don't we?
withers away @ 2:53 pm
I could understand the dilemma and the pain when TT shed tears in front of us last night as he shared his thoughts. Did we not feel the same way with SH the last time? We had something so promising, so magical, but it was simply not sustainable with our own strength.
Attendance, money, venue, naturally it would get tiring after a while. Frankly I myself nearly teared while listening to him speak. Many things go behind the scene, and as someone who was partly behind that scene in the past, I can fully understand. Not all things are within your control and sometimes you just wonder why you are doing all this for when it's just so difficult to move on.
God works in magical ways; without that trial of near giving up, no one would have thought of recruiting us, and I would not have that amazing chance on stage last night.
As lame and straight-in-your-face TT might be, I can almost empathize with how he feels towards us as a fellow educator. To see something promising under you is such a great feeling, and all you wish is for them to bloom and blossom. Which is why it irks you and it just gets so frustrating when they do not deliver. Because you know yourself how good they can be. These kids are not only our charges; they are our kids and our babies and our loves. And we would not give them anything less than the best.
I'm not as close to TT as the rest of them are (not at all in fact), and I may never be. But that's how things work. You inspire the ones you least expect to. And you never know how far your impact can go. And I know he knows this. That's why though I can't say it in his face, I am really thankful for him, for not giving up when the going got tough, for being honest to us, to be willing to apologize, to stay committed to what he has started. And I thank God for letting him realise that he can go on, like how he admitted it.
TT's solo touched me, along with many others as well, because it reflected exactly how he felt, and I thank him for choosing that piece for us. It doesn't matter which religion we are in, but that we all feel for the lyrics, and he has let us see what is indeed important.
Prayer of St. Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, thy pardon, Lord.
Where there is doubt, let there be faith.
Oh, Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there's despair let me bring hope.
Where there is darkness, let there be light.
Where there is sadness, let there be joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console.
To be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
Oh, Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
and it is in pardoning, that we are pardoned.
And it is in dying that we are born
to eternal life, to eternal life.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
An instrument of thy peace.
Amen.