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Category Archives: recovery
Samurai litmus test
If you moan about how wisdom comes in fire, if you whine at her hardship, you are not yet a samurai © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged discipline, endurance, forbearance, hardship, resilience, samurai, trial, wisdom
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Intertwined
When life takes a twist on the external path look for an invitation on the internal path: the invitation is usually there © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, awareness, contemplation, hardship, invitation, journey, meditation, twist
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Greater than your fear
May your curiosity be greater than your fear © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Remember me
Because the most powerful thing is mindfulness and the weakest thing is forgetfulness © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Buddhism, Christianity, contemplation, forgetfulness, intentionality, meditation, mindfulness, presence, remembering
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Rejecting them all
All the possible alternatives to your plan – I want none of them! Dust and refuse! © Meisaan Chan
The mutual reaching
Grope in the darkness until fingertip brushes fingertip: gasp of recognition yelp of joy © Meisaan Chan
Understandable refusal
Those who reject death are those who reject transformation are those who reject enlightenment © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged death, enlightenment, hardship, resurrection, transformation, trial
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What goes in
The longer your eyes linger upon evil the more its image engraves in your mind and muddies the face of the Lord © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged courage, evil, focus, forbearance, holiness, hope, love, meditation, temperance
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Journeying
Those who undertake the journey must grow comfortable with wilderness © Meisaan Chan
Curving toward the center 