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Category Archives: recovery
I am afraid of abandonment, I say
I am afraid of abandonment, I say, shutting down, going numb: Oh, but wait, you murmur, as you put one foot in my closing door as I let you, hesitantly as your love washes over me © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged abandonment, fear, healing, love, surrender, trust
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The meek
No real loss comes with imperfection © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged acceptance, humble, humility, imperfection, loss, meek, perfection, struggle
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One of the biggest decisions to make
One of the biggest decisions to make is where to turn for help © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged decision, help, helpless, humility, openness, strength
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A gym of sorts
Strength does not come instantly but after repeated tears of muscle fibers and then the sets of repetitions over many weeks and months: This is also true of the spirit for life is calling you to lift, not just once … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged endurance, growth, gym, muscles, strength
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The wound denied
The wound denied is the wound that will control you © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged bondage, brokenness, control, dependence, freedom, humility, wound
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Outside the tiny box
Welcome discomfort for she is the bearer of beginnings © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged beginnings, birth, discomfort, pain, strength, trust
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Peering into the blackness
You strain so hard, peering into the blackness when your only task is to breathe, open-armed, clothed in wondrous dark © Meisaan Chan
Posted in recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged blackness, breathe, dark, darkness, freedom, relinquishment, surrender, uncertainty, unknown
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I don’t think that God is interested in punishment
I don’t think that God is interested in punishment any more than a punishing God is interested in love © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged freedom, God, love, punishment, spirituality, surrender, tenderness
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The sky gently burns and glows down
The sky gently burns and glows down as we gather to greet the dark © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged community, darkness, friendship, light, waiting
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Guard your heart from all that encourages addiction
Guard your heart from all that encourages addiction: you will know it from the unstoppable hunger the tantalizing food the unsatisfying gorging © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged addiction, freedom, heart, humility, prison, protection, strength
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Curving toward the center 