Category Archives: writing
Strange safety
Helplessness can be safe being vulnerable can be safe – it depends on who’s hands you’re in © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged help, help me, hopelessness, safety, trust, vulnerability
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Parable of the child learning to walk
The kingdom of God is like a child learning to walk: At first, she grasps at whatever is in reach, and if it is not solid, she falls. Slowly, she learns what is solid and grasps only those things – … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, meditation, Parable, PTSD, Recovery and healing, writing
Tagged anchor, child, discipline, kingdom of God, learning, Parable, solid
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The slowness of awareness
How much quicker it would be to run through my life numb! How much time it takes to be alive! © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged addiction, alive, awareness, consciousness, help, help me, meditation, numb, numbness
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God’s safety
God’s safety always includes death © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged death, emptiness, koan, life, paradox, safety, surrender
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Trust me more, says the Lord
Deepen into infinity – do you really think that you’ve arrived? © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged confidence, emptiness, humility, infinity, surrender, trust
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No one said that self-care is efficient!
No one said that self-care is efficient! The wise readjust to the flow © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged compassion, self-care, self-compassion, wisdom
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