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Category Archives: recovery
Wrestle with me, says the Lord
Wrestle with me, says the Lord come into the ring show me your best moves take it out on me © Meisaan Chan
Unrealistic expectations
A large wound does not heal overnight: that is how it is © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged healing, journey, path, patience, tenacity, wound
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The follower
I do not need to see your face; just to know that I am with you the desert shrinks the desert shrinks © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
To the fearful
Be not afraid, little one for gentle are my hands © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged comfort, courage, fear, hands, peace, rest
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The catch
The catch is to stay on the path especially when the path dissolves © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged adventure, healing, koan, paradox, path, unknown
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The consistent one
You teach me to trust you again and again and again; sometimes I do, but then sometimes I panic and put the walls back up, but that does not dissuade you, you, who knows that consistency is the basis for … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged faith, journey, learning, student, trust
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Hey, God
It’s been a while since we talked. I can tell. I’m anxious, small-minded, confused: I brewed some coffee, have two mugs. Come, sit down: come. © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged coffee, friendship, honesty, intimacy, return, vulnerability
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Coming to the end
At the bottom comes sweetness, like honey in a cup of tea, says the Lord; do not be afraid of coming to the end for I have readied that, too © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged beginnings, endings, preparation, readiness, trust
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First, the work of abandon
First, the work of abandon then, the gentle repose, as it should be – for the act of struggling is its own burden for the act of trusting is its own delight © Meisaan Chan
The challenge, II
It is time, says the Lord, to move out of safety and into adventure © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged adventure, courage, fear, path, risk, safety
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Curving toward the center 