Category Archives: recovery

You can brace for the storm

You can brace for the storm or move through it, resisting nothing © Meisaan Chan

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The God shelter

Indestructible eternal, placid, soothing; unassailable doors slide open upon the words “Help me” © Meisaan Chan

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Gazing upon the Lord: Mutual work

All the work you do to attract my gaze, O Lord! All the work I do to hold it! © Meisaan Chan

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Reciprocity

As much as the opening as much as the receiving © Meisaan Chan

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On the way to resilience

Do not run from the exercises that make you stronger Look for them! Jump into them! Claim your gift! © Meisaan Chan

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On journeying

If you never start you never get there © Meisaan Chan

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On disease

Disease cannot repel the Lord; in fact, that is the invitation © Meisaan Chan

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Similarities to the soul

At first the womb is small, fist-sized and stretches only in the presence of life Note: It does not stretch because it wants to (and the stretching is slow and pained) but that is its purpose: To hold © Meisaan … Continue reading

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In all hunger, there is me

In all hunger, there is me: Follow my path and ask yourself what you truly are hungering for © Meisaan Chan

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Gifts of eternal thickness

Somewhere, someone is praying for you, perhaps by name, perhaps in praying for the world; but even if the latter is true, the thing about prayer is that it can never be spread too thin: Somewhere, someone is praying for … Continue reading

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