Category Archives: recovery

Please take off your armor

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

“Please take off your armor,” God says. “I’m not wearing any,” I say. “Can you feel my touch?” God asks gently. I pause. “No,” I say. “If you want to feel my touch, please take off your armor,” God says. … Continue reading →

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If I place my hope in the world

Posted on July 11, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

If I place my hope in the world, my hope is origami paper in the rain; If I place my hope in you, my hope is an eternal pathway to an eternal source O God, O God, O God © … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged chaos, despair, eternal, eternity, hope, resilience, source, strength, tenacity, writing | Leave a comment

On problems

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Problems rarely just go away; they go away most completely when they are healed © Meisaan Chan

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The exquisite hand

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

With just a turn of the head, the web turns invisible, a reminder that we are surrounded by an exquisite hand though perhaps we do not see © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged artistry, beauty, blindness, exquisite, hand, sight, spider, spirit, vision, web, writing | 4 Comments

The bypassing

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes I grow fat with love sometimes the times are lean: free me from all this and connect me to that umbilical cord which bypasses famine, drought, delight © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged dependence, grounding, hardship, help, independence, lean, love, writing | Leave a comment

A prayer to stop wandering in ruts

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

O Camino God, my journeyer: help me remember the pathway out of my ruts so I do not wander in ruts but journey home to you © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged adventure, Camino, destination, direction, discernment, healing, health, help, journey, path, prayer, ruts, wandering, writing | Leave a comment

Divine persistence

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

All the ways you love me! All the ways I run away! All the ways you love me! © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, boundless, courage, eternity, fear, love, relenting, unconditional, writing | Leave a comment

When the path turns foreign

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

When the path turns foreign you could despair or you could focus on the life © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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The impossible prayer

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

When I’m too stressed to pray remind me, this is when I need to pray and may my non-praying be itself a prayer © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged busyness, calm, prayer, schedule, stress | 5 Comments

The return

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged decision, forgiveness, home, homecoming, liberty, mercy, presence, return | Leave a comment