Category Archives: Poetry

Love and courage, II

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Be courageous: love can come out of mess © Meisaan Chan

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Incident – or – First Responders

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

You cannot help if Anger is the first to respond but if left unchecked, it can refuse access to others who are trying to assist: Compassion Wisdom Strength and Resilience: it will easily take over, but without the requisite skills … Continue reading →

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When I finally still the onslaught of voices

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

When I finally still the onslaught of voices I feel the heart as you made it to be: vast, cavernous, calm, waiting © Meisaan Chan

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The unfeared descent

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

The sun knows its slow descent but note how it does not just go out: at its lowest point, it unfurls its majesty, its moment of greatest open giving © Meisaan Chan  

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A caution about the altar of independence

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

This altar might seem like it doesn’t need sacrifices – that it doesn’t need anything, really – but there is something brittle about it, something cold © Meisaan Chan

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It depends on what you want

Posted on September 22, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

How tempting it is to forever be the victim! Forever indignant and wounded, forever raging: but victims do not journey well – they tend to circle and circle and circle © Meisaan Chan

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One little light

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

One little light cannot fight the dark; that is why God did not give one little light © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Weariness

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Rest, says the Lord for your weariness needs succulence: here I am for you © Meisaan Chan

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The road ahead: a spirituality of openness

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

When God calls you to a spirituality of openness, it sounds nice but lived out, it requires dismantling all the walls that protect you and walking into true protection © Meisaan Chan

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Nursing

Posted on September 17, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

If you nurse your anger like a child at the breast not only will it grow, but it will turn on you as is its nature © Meisaan Chan

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