Category Archives: recovery

Loving paradox

Posted on November 2, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

God always pushes but never pushes: This, too, is fact © Meisaan Chan

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Shape-shifting soul

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Some people compress it Some let it expand; Some people accept it just as it is Some only after distorting every possible bit © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, compression, distortion, expanse, love, self-hatred, self-love, soul, surrender | Leave a comment

Stumbling around in the dark

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

The benefit to blindness is that all other senses are finally awake © Meisaan Chan

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Uncertainty is God’s open door

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Uncertainty is God’s open door certainty tends to close it © Meisaan Chan

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Inner stillness

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Noise is swirling everywhere except within: stillness © Meisaan Chan

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When in hardship

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

“My life! I can’t believe my life!” I exclaim. “I keep trying to give you the gift of strength,” says the Lord, “but you keep rejecting it.” © Meisaan Chan

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Inner tumult

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

No matter my externals, when I tumult inside I am poor © Meisaan Chan

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You are not able to see it all

Posted on October 18, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

You are not able to see it all, says the Lord – when you keep this unknowing before you you keep humility before you © Meissan Chan

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How slowly I began to numb over

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

How slowly I began to numb over – as how ice freezes over a deep lake: Not all at once, but it starts at the edges, moving inward until all was frozen over, and then thicker, deeper yet even still, … Continue reading →

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Praise feeds in ways that food cannot

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged busyness, calm, help, meditation, tranquility, work | Leave a comment