Category Archives: recovery

The choice

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

No one can make you resilient; you must do it yourself © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged courage, faith, fear, growth, journey, resilience, struggle, trust, weakness | 2 Comments

Rejecting beauty

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Why reject my beauty, asks the Creator; from my womb I pushed you out and infused you with my beauty © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, beauty, compassion, help, help me, loathing, radiance, self-love | Leave a comment

Intertwined

Posted on June 13, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Being with you is being with my essence © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged calm, essence, intertwined, peace, union, unity | Leave a comment

Homecoming

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

How glorious it is to know the names of the trees and streets and birds singing, where the feet can find the way home without asking and do © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged destination, grounding, home, homecoming, house, journey, path, rest | Leave a comment

please catch me

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

In my sliver of a moment a breath, a turning, a remembrance: You please catch me You © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged embrace, found, healing, help, help me, intention, intentionality, lost, remembrance | Leave a comment

God cannot resist the soul’s cry

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

It echoes across the universe and permeates the matter of God’s soul; like a mother, God opens and takes in like a father, God howls and defends © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, crying out, help, help me, humility, power, protection | Leave a comment

A tip for the journey

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

It is tempting to rely on your hiking poles upon the arduous ascent but remember that your legs and glutes are stronger: that the most obvious is not always the most efficient © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged Camino, efficiency, help, hiking, journey, path, strength, wisdom | Leave a comment

The end of religion

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Blessed is the one who can hold religion lightly in the hands: its depths are but the gateway into mystery, and at its end the mystery continues and continues infinitely © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged eternity, infinity, mystery, mysticism, religion, search, searching, spirituality | Leave a comment

The call to resurrection

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged burden, help, independence, life, sacrifice, self-actualization, self-knowledge | Leave a comment

Beyond stereotypes

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Compassion is not about being nice; compassion is about self-control and using fire to cleanse, not to destroy © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged compassion, disease, healing, health, justice, life | Leave a comment