Category Archives: recovery

The deeper success

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Crying out to the Lord when in failureis the deeper success © Meisaan Chan

Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, spirituality, writing | Tagged addiction, anxiety, depression, Food addiction, haiku, PTSD, Spiritual poetry | Leave a comment

The ideal before-moment (or, Strange rejoicing)

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

When you are weary, rejoice;ideal before-moment asking me to fill When you are terrified, rejoice;ideal before-moment asking me to anchor When you are despairing, rejoice;ideal before-moment asking me to rescue Strange rejoicingStrange rejoicingStrange rejoicing For world, no senseWith me, full … Continue reading →

Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing | Tagged anxiety, comfort, God speaks poetry, help, help me, Strange rejoicing, surrender, trust | Leave a comment

Instructions for the spirit

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Stay nakedStay aliveI call you to life © Meisaan Chan

Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing | Tagged Alcoholism, Food addiction, healing, PTSD, recovery, risk, transformation | Leave a comment

Maple tree, a homecoming

Posted on June 14, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

The maple tree greets me at my window.Welcome home, she says. You’ve grown.You have, too, I reply. Lookat you – all these new shoots on every branch, big and small!She beams with prideand the light of her beaming falls on … Continue reading →

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When helpless

Posted on June 11, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Allow the messallow the disruptionyou can’t change it, anyway!go deeper © Meisaan Chan

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Soul privacy

Posted on June 10, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

The silent layers of earthhold up the loud, visible layersnever to be seenalleluia © Meisaan Chan

Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing | Tagged contemplation, Earth poetry, meditation, silence, solitude, soul, union | Leave a comment

Praising at the edge, II

Posted on June 9, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

The drop off is behind youand to both sidesPraise, now, praiseand when the drop off is also before youPraise, now, praiseand when you cannot take a stepPraise, now, praiseand when you cannot breathePraise, now, praiseand in your dissolutionPraise, now, praise … Continue reading →