Category Archives: recovery

Mutuality

Posted on March 5, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

You rescued, just as you promisedfor I called out your name, just as I promised © Meisaan Chan

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What is harder than taking it up

Posted on March 4, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

I asked you to take it up and you did, says the Lord;now I am asking you something even harder:I am asking you to put it down © Meisaan Chan

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A spiritual feedback loop

Posted on March 3, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

I need to be utterly dependent on youin order to become utterly dependent on youin order to accept utter dependence on youFeedback loop © Meisaan Chan

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The peace of infinity

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Peace, peace be with you, says the Lorddo not fear the path of humilitydo not fear the extinction of selffor the small will give way to the infiniteand the infinite goes on foreverAs it is!As it is! © Meisaan Chan

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God-usury

Posted on February 26, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

IIt is startlingly easy to forget you in the good timesand remember you in times of need;protect my heart from usurythis poison that seeps within and radiates out II“I remember you only when I need you,” I say, hanging my … Continue reading →

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The furious cleansing, or, When you cannot rage at them

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Slam your anger upon me, says the Lord,rage, rage at mehowl and lash and attack and slash;empty yourself of toxicity © Meisaan Chan

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When I am known and unknown

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes I see what I am to become:New flesh, reborn –Sometimes all is dark, wrapped tight:The chrysalis tightly closed © Meisaan Chan

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The nature of jealousy’s holes

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Have compassion on those who are jealous of you –your love that goes in will fall out of their holesbut better your compassion than your spitewhich will stick to you both © Meisaan Chan

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Sometimes you have to start over, and agonizingly so

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes you have to start over, and agonizingly so;just as the trees every year lose the crown of their gloryand the days lose their strength,just as the seed loses its protectionand the cougar loses its territoryand birds lose their flight … Continue reading →

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What gets overlooked – on rage

Posted on February 15, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Rage is a sword with no handleso while you wield it and slice and killyour hands, to the bones, your hands – © Meisaan Chan

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