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Category Archives: Poetry
On resisting the panoply of things
You can go kicking and screaming along your path or you can sling on your backpack and walk it; either way, the distance needs to be crossed © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged acceptance, adventure, Camino, danger, fear, journey, trust
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Sometimes life doesn’t give you all the pieces
Sometimes life doesn’t give you all the pieces to build your house; you lack the wood, or the nails, or even the strength to build it; Keep returning to me, says the Lord, for I am not afraid of missing … Continue reading
Because the journey and self-knowledge are inextricably linked
You will not know who you are until you try, says the Lord until you succeed until you fail until you grasp until you fall short; for the journey is not about the flawless journey but about how intimate you … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, failure, following, intimacy, journey, lesson, path, self-knowledge, wisdom
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Fertile soil
Do not worry about endings, says the Lord they create fertile soil © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, beginnings, endings, eternity, growth, infinity, journey, path, soil
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The tree of life – a reimagining
Climb the tree of life swing from her branches; there are no apples for you are her fruit © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged freedom, fruit, happiness, healing, health, joy, reimagining, tree of life, wholeness
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Myriad forms
I can come in abundance I can come in drought; cling not to the way I look, says the Lord or you will miss my myriad forms © Meisaan Chan
The sanctity of lightening up
When you can laugh at yourself that, too, is prayer © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged humility, laugh, levity, perspective, prayer
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The wounds, watched
Come, come to me, says the Lord – then the healing will proceed as planned then the wounds, watched, will heal © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged brokenness, compassion, healing, help, help me, hurt, injury, wounds
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Out of the nothing, something
Sometimes life doesn’t give you all the pieces to build your house; you lack the wood, or the nails, or even the strength to build it; Keep returning to me, says the Lord, for I am not afraid of missing … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged alpha, fulfillment, help, help me, lack, nothing, omega, providence, something
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Curving toward the center 