Category Archives: Recovery and healing
The holiness of disturbance
If God never disturbs you, you are not following the right God © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, PTSD, Rumi-esque, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged disturbance, holiness, path, trouble
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For you, for them
It is an act of compassion to let someone be who they are –the struggle to change someone can be violent © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, compassion, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, PTSD, Rumi-esque, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged acceptance, compassion, humility, love, strength, trust
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The dedication
“I want you to own me,” I say to God.“I do not own anyone or anything,” God says to me.“Then what do I do?” I asked.“Be a dedication,” God says. © Meisaan Chan
The teacher
Sometimes I save you from your foolishness, says the Lord;sometimes I let it be your teacher © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, compassion, contemplation, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, PTSD, Rumi-esque, Spiritual search
Tagged failure, foolishness, help me, struggl, teacher
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The holiness of holes
Healthy soil has holes –that’s how the air and rain and seeds sink in;solid soil holds little life © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, compassion, Earth poetry, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged earth, healthy, help, help me, holiness, perfectionism, unhealthy, weary
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On efficiency
Efficiency, when pushed, strangles love © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged control, efficiency, emptiness, freedom, love, power, surrender
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