Author Archives: Meisaan Chan

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About Meisaan Chan

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On the way to resilience

Do not run from the exercises that make you stronger Look for them! Jump into them! Claim your gift! © Meisaan Chan

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On journeying

If you never start you never get there © Meisaan Chan

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Social media

How often you check for nothing! Be a samurai with your mind! © Meisaan Chan

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On disease

Disease cannot repel the Lord; in fact, that is the invitation © Meisaan Chan

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Being who you are must involve loss

Being who you are must involve loss acknowledging that you will not be who they want you to be © Meisaan Chan

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On comparing

Do not compare yourself to them. That is a source of eternal unhappiness. Instead, rejoice that you have me, rejoice that they have me, too: Focus on eternity, and the lack will disappear focus on comparing and watch yourself be … Continue reading

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Similarities to the soul

At first the womb is small, fist-sized and stretches only in the presence of life Note: It does not stretch because it wants to (and the stretching is slow and pained) but that is its purpose: To hold © Meisaan … Continue reading

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In all hunger, there is me

In all hunger, there is me: Follow my path and ask yourself what you truly are hungering for © Meisaan Chan

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Moving through the chaos

Do not fear the chaos but quiet: Listen for my voice then walk upon that solid ground © Meisaan Chan

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Gifts of eternal thickness

Somewhere, someone is praying for you, perhaps by name, perhaps in praying for the world; but even if the latter is true, the thing about prayer is that it can never be spread too thin: Somewhere, someone is praying for … Continue reading

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