These slides are for our free group class. They are multi-lingual–the flags are language buttons.
I would like to walk down a quiet street with (who).How to be a considerate person. If you take the long way, through the neighborhoods on quiet side streets.You see where people live, and it’s more interesting than the noise on the main road.You’re in better company on the side street. Gardens with plants growing side by side.But the main road will take you out of town and drop you on the sand.
What about you tells where you’re from?I am glad I found __. I immediately recognized this image on a shelf in a thriftstore.This is from Vietnam. The paper label in the protective plastic sleeve confirms it.The weather that day was very windy. The dust in the air made the sky glow softly red.The whole day had a feeling of something unexpected.
How hot did it get today? Do you like this weather?Why don’t people come out? Where have you sat for hours? I can wash my clothes in the sink before I go to work.The sun is hot and the air is dry. I don’t need a drier; the clothes will be dry.It was 93 F today, and next week it will be 100 F. People don’t come out for food trucks in this heat. We sat there all day.How many…
Are you patient? It took me a long time to _.Do you change a lot or stay the same? A snail looks stopped, but it is still moving.You need to slow down to see it. There’s someone waiting at the bus stop.His 2 eyes see to one side. He slowly knows where to go.But the way forward is not clear.
Have you changed a lot since you were a kid?What is something that you do everyday? Small steps can go a long distance.The apples are a little bigger each time I pass by.The ants are doing lots of work, but a little at a time.All you need is to be consistent.
What don’t I have? Why is it a hindrance to employment? How does it affect what I experience everyday?Why did I quit my toilet-cleaning job? Should I get a car? Have you ever quit a job? Why? I like not having a car. I like bicycling everywhere. But it is a hindrance to employment. Same with not having a smartphone.Just not having a smartphone and a car, it determines where I will go and what I can do and a…
I’m surprised at what my life is like now. The things around me that I didn’t expect to have.Takako-san was trying to take a picture of the moon. The moon rising over the mountains appeared very large. I showed her how to zoom the camera.In the morning I am walking down a side-street. I see a garden in someone’s yard. The fruit tree was in the center of many purple flowers.Around my life now I see some good things that…
Did you see any animals today?My heart was pounding in my chest after __. If you see a weird animal, just keep calm.It’s probably more scared of you than you are of it.The shadows are almost still, barely moving.Don’t be scared. You’re a weird animal too.
I wish I had a million __. an accident is when ___. March weather is waking me up from my sleep.The hailstones hitting my head are clearing up my brain.The time is hanging on the wall, counting my mistakes.My hat can go in the trash.
I like the smell of . What is a normal day for you? Every place has it’s own air.I could tell New Mexico from Tokyo from Thailand just by smell.There are some smells so faint that I don’t know I’m smelling them. But they’re there and they make here smell different.Every place has a unique mix of smells.