HI HI TO ALL MY HAPPY ‘TAP” FAMILYYYY ❣️❣️❣️

I haven’t written to you all for such a long time and I do apologize so much for this. I don’t know how TIME FLIES the way it does!

I wanted to share some thoughts on this very momentous and memorable DAY in my life.. I am strolling into the BIG 6 ❤️ today!!! My BRAIN IS EMPTY!!

All I can think of is HOW GRATEFUL I am to the Universe, and to all of YOU, to my LOVING FAMILY, my INCREDIBLE FRIENDS… all this life has brought to me.. that our Planet is so beautiful and there is so much to be thankful and OPEN to.

After 60 years, chasing so many things, experiencing the excitement, ups and downs of almost all of life, months, weeks, days, minutes, seconds… and I realize, all I really desire and want, is a SIMPLE SMILE, WARMTH, UNDERSTANDING, A Heartwarming HUG, A phone call, or now, text to say HI… A Healthy and strong Body, LOTS & LOTS of LAUGHTER, CONNECTION, COMMUNICATION, LOVE, LOVE & LOVE. No matter what circumstances we run into, Rain, Thunder, Protests, Covid, it is absolutely possible to realize that ALL THINGS MUST PASS, and through the most difficult or most ravishing times, we can find comfort in holding the hands of those loving people around us. I know there is still so much more to learn while we are so BLESSED to be a VALUED GUEST on this Earth for such a fleeting moment. I feel I must keep on learning and evolving to be the BEST person I can be.

I realize that when we are born, we need so much love, feeding, nurturing, understanding, and a lot of HELP! When we get old, we need so much love, feeding, tolerance, patience, understanding, and a lot of HELP! There is no difference in the VALUE of each end of the stick. Just what we can do in between that will make ALL the difference and we all have a CHOICE in how we want to write our own, unique, wonderful, heartfelt STORY.

LIFE can be, and IS SO VERY BEAUTIFUL. The Beauty I used to understand doesn’t hold any meaning for me anymore.. The BEAUTY I HOLD TRUE is the LOVE & BEAUTY inside of ME and all the surroundings of the amazing Mother Nature. Each of us, is handcrafted so very intricately, to have all the same physical features, yet not a single one of us is a duplicate of another. We all have a brain to think, yet every single one of us does not think like any other. We ALL have a PATH, yet every one of our paths is different from each other. But we are ALL meticulously woven together, our lives, our actions are all intertwined. Every action we take, affects another. Every tree, every flower, mountain, sea, sky, clouds, animals, and all beloved creatures. We are the unique creatures, blessed with thinking, speaking & doing. I feel I must do everything I can to HONOR this special GIFT from Mother Nature. Beauty is DEEP & ROOTED & everywhere we look. I’m going to embrace everything PapaGOD & the Universe has given me.

I’m SO GRATEFUL for making it this far, in GOOD HEALTH, GOOD SPIRITS, GOOD MIND & BODY. Every day is a SURPRISE to me. Every moment is truly a BLESSING and ever so sacred. I will continue to live each BLESSED day with an open heart, open mind, and open SPIRIT. I will live each day as HIGH as I can go, no matter how low I feel. I will enjoy growing old GRACEFULLY, and make a conscious effort to do and BE the BEST I can be EACH SINGLE DAY, CHERISH & take care of it like a RARE and Beautiful JEWEL, which LIFE & our EARTH IS.

Today I spend with my LOVING FAMILY & MY FRIENDS. Well.. one loving Family is missing and in Mainland, now resting, but working VERY HARD! I’m so proud of Lam because we are so happy that he gets to SHARE his music with a WHOLE NEW GENERATION of wonderful, talented singers. It’s a GREAT BLESSING to sing with these enthusiastic Artists who can make a great difference in the world with their bellowing voices. I watch every episode with great anticipation and I hope you will too! All the Artists create their own Magic with each song & emotions!

I also would like to share with you my real and Authentic physical & Spiritual SELF!!! I just want to BE TOTALLY and ALL OF what is TRULY ME! I hope you all can accept me as I AM, white hair with my cutey wrinkles! Lam really enjoys it cos now I can keep him COMPANY & look like TWINS! I don’t know where my WHOLE self will go from here.. but I’m really going to look forward to all the natural progressions my mind and body will be taking.. just like Mother Nature.. she accepts all that comes to her and embraces it all…just as it is!

I wonder if I can remotely understand the meaning of life by now? I want to TAP (THINK ACTPOSITVE) at all times making others HAPPY & be HAPPY to see others HAPPY! I understand there is NO RIGHT or WRONG in any of our actions whether positive or negative, but only the divine consequences of those actions we choose. I feel we are BLESSED to be here with a DIVINE PURPOSE which is to help ourselves & each other. To preserve and maintain this amazing PLANET & EARTH. To evolve ourselves, & each generation, so they can pass the baton and also evolve the Earth! I also feel we are definitely NOT ALONE! NEVER! We are always in the SOOTHING, EMBRACING arms of the Divine Source Universe, and when we feel we don’t know where to turn, PapaGOD is ALWAYS there for us, ready to give us whatever we want in the deepest of our hearts with the utmost sincerity. Everything we receive is in its Divine Timing, and Divine Perfection.

With that.. HAPPYNESS & GREAT HEALTH TO ALL OF YOU FOREVER AND ALWAYS and LOVE YOURSELF as well as LOVE ALL THOSE and EVERYTHING AROUND YOU! BELIEVE ME.. ALL WE HAVE and NEED IS LOVE!!!!

MUAH MUAH MUAH with 60 YEARS OF BLESSINGS! YEHHHHHH!!!!
ALL MY LOVE!! SALLY!!!

PS. I had a great wonderful party with best of FRIENDS TONITE❣️❣️ Came home and took some selfies to shock all of U❣️❣️ My HAPPY DECADE HAPPY 6💜 GIRL (⁉️) look❣️❣️ CHEERS EVERYONE❣️❣️❣️🌹🌹🧚🏽‍♀️🧚🏽‍♀️🧚🏽‍♀️

HI HI 快樂的 “TAP” 大家庭 ❣️❣️

已經很久沒有給大家寫信了，對此我深表歉意。不知道時間怎麼就這樣過去了!

我想在生命中這個非常重要和難忘的日子和大家分享一些想法和感觸 —— 今天我悠然邁入了以6字開頭的歲月!! ❤️ 大腦一片空白!!

我所能想到的是對上天，對你們每一位，對親愛的家人，對不可思議的朋友們 —— 對生命所贈與我的這一切 —— 所懷有的深深感激。我們所生活的星球如此美麗，實在有太多太多需要去感謝、感激，去敞開心扉擁抱。

60年過去了，我也曾經追逐過很多，在每月每週每日每分每秒中，經歷了生命可能賦予的幾乎所有激動和起落，而如今我意識到，自己真正渴望和想要的，只是一個簡單的微笑，溫暖，理解，一個暖心的擁抱，一通電話，或者現在更流行的，問好的一條短信.. 一個健康強壯的身體，很多很多笑聲，連結，交流，愛，愛，以及，愛。無論我們遇到怎樣的狀況 —— 下雨、雷電、抗議、疫情，一直要謹記於心的是，無論如何，這一切終將過去；在最困難或最開心的時刻，我們都能握住身邊人的手，並從中找到最大的安慰或共鳴。能得此幸運，在如此短暫的一剎，來到地球做她的尊貴旅客，我知道還有太多東西需要學習，感覺自己必須不斷學習成長，才能成為最好的自己。

我也意識到，出生的時候，我們需要很多愛，需要被餵食物，需要關懷、滋養、理解，需要很多幫助！變老後，我們也需要很多愛，需要被餵食物，需要寬容、耐心、理解，需要很多幫助！人生兩端的價值，並沒有任何分別。只有在中間段，我們能選擇如何去書寫屬於自己的，獨特的，精彩的，發自內心的故事；而也正是在中間段所做的選擇，決定了我們會有怎樣的人生。

生活可以，也確實是非常美麗的。我曾經所理解的美，對於現時的我而言，已經沒有了當初的意義。現在，我所抱持的真正的美，是內心的愛與美，以及令人驚嘆的大自然所賦予的，環繞著我們的一切。每個人都好似複雜精緻的手工藝品，雖然有著相同的身體特徵，但沒有一個人是另一個人的複製品。我們都有大腦可以思考，但每個人和其他人想的都不同。我們都有要走的人生之路，但每個人的道路各不相同。然而，大家又被如此精心地連結在一起，彼此的生活和行為交織在一起。我們採取的每一個行動，都不可避免地影響著他人，甚至影響著每一棵樹，每一朵花；影響著山、海、天空、雲朵、動物，和所有其他可愛生靈。我們是獨一無二的存在，有福氣擁有思考、講話和行動的能力。所以我感覺自己必須盡所能去致敬和珍視這份來自自然的特殊禮物。美深深根植於我們目光所及的每處。我將擁抱上天和世界贈與我的一切。

我很感激人生走到了這裡，健康，精神，頭腦和身體都很好。每一天對我來說都是驚喜。每一刻都是充滿祝福和神聖的。我將繼續以開放的心靈、開放的思想和開放的精神去過好每一天。我會盡力去把每天過到最好，儘管有時候也會感覺低落。我將享受優雅地變老，有意識地努力在每天做到自己的最好，也成為最好的自己，珍惜和照顧匆匆而過的每日，好似它們是稀有又美麗的珠寶；而其實，生命和地球也的確如此。

今天我會和我愛的家人們和朋友們一起度過。對的，一位有愛家人不在這裡，他在內地，現在有空休息一下，但一直都在非常努力地工作! 我為Lam 感到驕傲，因為大家都非常開心他有機會同新一代如此出色、才華橫溢的年輕歌手們分享他的音樂。與這些富有激情的藝術家們一起唱歌是一種巨大的幸福；年輕一代的歌聲將給這個世界帶來改變。每一期節目我都有充滿期待地觀看，希望你們也會看！所有的藝術家們都在用每首歌和感情創造著自己的魔法！

我也想和你們分享真實的自我——外在與內在，容貌及心靈!!! 我只想做完完全全的，真正的自己！希望你們能夠接受這樣的我，白頭髮，和可愛的皺紋! Lam 很喜歡我這樣，因為現在我可以和他作伴，我們看上去像雙胞胎! 我不知道我的整個自我會從這裡走向何方，但對接下來身心將會經歷的所有自然旅程，我真心期待… 就好像大自然一樣，她接受並擁抱一切如它們本初的樣子！

我好奇自己現在是否可以算作大概開始理解人生的意義呢？我想做TAP (THINK ACTPOSITVE)，隨時通過正面積極的思考和行動為他人帶去開心，而看到他人開心也會令我感到開心！我明白我們的任何行為，無論是積極或是消極的，都無關對錯；只是，不可避免的，選擇的行為都會帶來相應的結果。我感覺帶著神聖的目的來到這裡是一份福祉，而這個目的就是助人助己，是保護和維繫這個不可思議的星球，是持續進化發展自己和每一代人，這樣他們就可以繼續把進化地球的接力棒傳遞下去! 我也感覺到我們絕對不是孤獨的！從來都不是！我們一直都被上天撫慰著，擁抱在臂膀中。當感覺不知道如何走下去，上天總會在我們身邊，以最大的誠意給予我們內心深處最渴望的所有。我們得到的一切都有它神聖的時間表，都遵循著神聖的完美安排。

以上… 祝愿大家永遠幸福開心健康，愛自己，愛周圍的所有人，愛周圍的一切！相信我… 我們所擁有的和需要的一切，就是愛!!!!

MUAH MUAH MUAH with 60 YEARS OF BLESSINGS! YEHHHHH!!!!
ALL MY LOVE!! SALLY!!!

PS. 今晚我和最好的朋友們開了最棒的Party ❣️❣️❣️ 回到家後拍了幾張自拍，肯定會驚到你們 ❣️❣️❣️ 我的快樂第6個10年 💜 GIRL (⁉️) look❣️❣️❣️ 大家乾杯 ❣️❣️❣️🌹🌹🧚🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♀️🧚🏻‍♀️

“You deserve a lover who wants you disheveled, with everything and all the reasons that wake you up in a haste and the demons that won’t let you sleep.

You deserve a lover who makes you feel safe, who can consume this world whole if he walks hand in hand with you; someone who believes that his embraces are a perfect match with your skin.

You deserve a lover who wants to dance with you, who goes to paradise every time he looks into your eyes and never gets tired of studying your expressions.

You deserve a lover who listens when you sing, who supports you when you feel shame and respects your freedom; who flies with you and isn’t afraid to fall.

You deserve a lover who takes away the lies and brings you hope, coffee, and poetry.”

~Frida Kahlo

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本月初，一項新法律在美國德州生效，禁止懷孕六週後進行人工流產，成為先進國家中最嚴格的墮胎法之一。反觀世界第二大羅馬天主教國，墨西哥最高法院週二裁定，懲罰墮胎違憲，成為墨西哥女性健康與人權倡導者的重大勝利。

講義
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👉 嘖嘖訂閱版本：https://bit.ly/ssyingwen_notes

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本集 timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:37 第一遍英文朗讀
4:00 新聞 & 相關單字解說
18:22 額外單字片語
24:34 第二遍英文朗讀

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臉書社團 (朗讀文字)：https://www.facebook.com/groups/ssyingwen/posts/301461465073433/

朗讀內容參考了
VOA: https://www.voanews.com/americas/mexicos-top-court-decriminalizes-abortion-watershed-moment
NPR 1: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/07/1034925270/mexico-abortion-decriminalized-supreme-court
NPR 2: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033202132/texas-abortion-ban-what-happens-next
The Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/world/2021/09/07/mexico-lifts-abortion-ban-even-as-texas-embraces-it/
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/09/biden-administration-sue-texas-abortion-law

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本集提到的單字片語：
Texas 德州
SB 8 (Senate Bill 8) 德州參議院第八議案
Abortion(s) 人工流產、墮胎
Near-total abortion ban 幾乎完全的墮胎禁令
Rape 強姦
Incest 亂倫
Pro-choice 捍衛選擇權
Pro-life 捍衛生命權
Forced pregnancy 強迫懷孕
Democrats 民主黨
Republicans 共和黨
Heartbeat 心跳
Fetal heartbeat 胎兒的心跳
Scientists 科學家們
Embryo 胚胎
Ultrasound 超音波
Fetus 胎兒
Border 邊境
Mexico 墨西哥
Brazil  巴西
Roman Catholic Church 羅馬天主教會
Supreme court 最高法院
Unanimously一致通過的
Decriminalizes 除罪化
Legalize 合法化
Latin America 拉丁美洲
Conservative 保守
Illegal 違法的
Argentina 阿根廷
Irony / ironic / ironically
Sarcasm / sarcastic
Coahuila 墨西哥北部與德州鄰近的州
Mexico City 墨西哥城
Trimester 三個月
Restrictive 嚴格限制的
Insidious 陰險的
Draconian 苛刻的
Cruel 殘忍的
Abortion rights 墮胎權
Roe v. Wade 羅訴韋德案
Landmark decision / judgement
Viability 胎兒在母體外有生存能力
Governor 州長
Attorney general 司法部長
Abortion providers  提供墮胎的醫療機構
Sue 起訴、吿
Whistleblower 吹哨者
Mum 沈默
Clearly 明顯的
Unconstitutional 違反憲法
Kamala Harris 賀錦麗
Not negotiable 不容商量的
Jen Psaki 白宮發言人
Unequivocal 毫不含糊的、非常明確的
Irrational 不理智的
Super Typhoon Chanthu 強颱璨樹
Philippines 菲律賓
Hurricane Ida 颶風艾達


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#歡迎追蹤並且分享我們的音樂 #約書亞樂團 #這就是愛了

這就是愛了 / This Is Love
詞曲 Lyricist & Composer：趙治德、蔣孟平、金品齊、江庭宜
英譯詞 Translator：宋怡萌 Joy Sung
主領 Worship Leader：趙治德 Samuel Chao

[Verse 1]
愛是一種忍耐
Love is patience alive
愛永不更改
Love, it does not change
愛是恩慈良善
Love is good and is kind
愛永不失敗
Love, it never fails

[Verse 2]
愛是接納等待
Love embraces and waits
愛無所不在
Love is always present
愛是充滿盼望
Love is full of hope
愛從神而來
Love, it flows from God
愛從神而來
Love, it flows from God

[Chorus]
祢為我降生 祢為我降生
You were born to save, You were born for me
為我罪釘上十架 這就是愛了
On the cross You bore my sin, All of this is Love
祢為我降生 祢為我降生
You were born to save, You were born for me
為我罪釘上十架 這就是愛了
On the cross You bore my sin, All of this is Love

[Bridge]
耶穌祢已復活 如今已復活
Jesus You have risen, You are now alive
勝過死亡權勢 是愛完全了我
Conquered death completely, Your love has made me whole
耶穌祢已復活 如今已復活
Jesus You have risen, You are now alive
勝過死亡權勢 是愛完全了我
Conquered death completely, Your love has made me whole

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全米1位獲得の世界的アカペラグループ「ペンタトニックス」と夢のコラボが実現！
作詞・作曲に亀田誠治氏を迎え制作され、閉塞感のある現在の情勢にもそっと寄り添えるような「友のことを想う気持ち」が込められたLittle Glee Monster17枚目のシングル「「Dear My Friend feat. Pentatonix」」。
日本の往年のスタンダードナンバーのような魅力を持つ楽曲にペンタトニックスのボーカルワークが加わり、人と人の心を繋ぐような温かい楽曲が完成！


配信はこちらから！
https://lgm.lnk.to/Dear_My_Friend_AY
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A dream collaboration project with No.1 US acapella group PENTATONIX!
Seiji Kameda wrote the lyrics and song for this collaboration of Little Glee Monster's 17th single "Dear My Friend feat. Pentatonix" where this song expresses the feelings of “caring for friends” especially in this current closed situation. Little Glee Monster's and Pentatonix's vocals combined to the standard Japanese melody, makes it a heartwarming song that connects people with each other.

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◇17th Single
Little Glee Monster
「Dear My Friend feat. Pentatonix」
2020.12.16 Release
http://lgm.lnk.to/hVGoXQMM
Limited Edition (CD+DVD)｜￥1,545+tax｜SRCL-11597～11598
Regular Edition (CD only)｜￥1.200+tax｜SRCL-11599
◆CD
1, Dear My Friend feat. Pentatonix
2, Christmas a cappella medley
3, Magic Snow -Sing 2020-
4, 愛しさにリボンをかけて -Studio Live ver.-
◆DVD
1, Dear My Friend feat. Pentatonix
2, Little Glee Monster Behind Scenes
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＜lyric＞

What I can do for you
I’ve always, always been
Thinking about it

Days of sharing laughs
I’ve gently and gently
Embraced them in my heart

I look up in the sky and there’s a shooting star
And wonder if you can see it too

Dear my friend
If you’re almost
Losing your smile
Call for me

I’ll be there
You’re not alone, no matter when
I am here for you
It will be alright
Dear my friend

In this moment, somewhere
Someone’s life just comes to an end
And another one starts

Beyond the sorrow
A sweeter future is
hopefully waiting for us

So happy to see the blue sky

I wish I could see you now

Dear my friend
If my wish could come true
May everything that embraces you
Stay happy to keep you within

I’ll be there
You’re not alone, no matter when
I am here for you
It will be alright
Dear my friend
Have my word; let’s meet again
Dear my friend