Category Archives: Recovery and healing
Do not be who you are not, says the Lord
Do not be who you are not, says the Lord; if you do, we cannot be very close for your mask will be in the way © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged authenticity, courage, image, Mask, nakedness, surrender
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Attraction
As a fly is attracted to flypaper so, too, can my desires blind © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged attraction, blindness, desires, ego, humility, pride, vision
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The turning is prayer
The turning is prayer The re-turning is prayer © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged acceptance, compassion, contemplation, forgiveness, love, meditation, recovery
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To stand before the fullness
Empty, I stand before the fullness and weep © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged acceptance, awe, eternity, help, help me, humility, infinity, love, overwhelmed, return
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The Leash Request
When anger inflames my heart and I go blind, be that leash so I do not walk off cliffs © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anger, blindness, compassion, leash, rage, self-control, Self-restraint, wisdom
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On worshiping other gods
Other gods break. Other gods die. You can worship the abyss, but it will not protect you. © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged abyss, altar, Gods, help, help me, idols, lost, protection, return
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