Curving toward the center

On the way to resilience

Posted on October 24, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Do not run from the exercises that make you stronger
Look for them!
Jump into them!
Claim your gift!

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On journeying

Posted on October 23, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

If you never start
you never get there

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Social media

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

How often you check for nothing!
Be a samurai with your mind!

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On disease

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Disease cannot repel the Lord;
in fact, that is the invitation

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Being who you are must involve loss

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Being who you are must involve loss
acknowledging that you will not be
who they want you to be

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On comparing

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Do not compare yourself to them.
That is a source of eternal unhappiness.
Instead, rejoice that you have me,
rejoice that they have me, too:
Focus on eternity, and the lack will disappear
focus on comparing and watch yourself be consumed

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Similarities to the soul

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

At first the womb is small, fist-sized
and stretches only in the presence of life
Note: It does not stretch because it wants to
(and the stretching is slow and pained)
but that is its purpose: To hold

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In all hunger, there is me

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

In all hunger, there is me:
Follow my path and ask yourself
what you truly are hungering for

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Moving through the chaos

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Do not fear the chaos
but quiet: Listen for my voice
then walk upon that solid ground

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Gifts of eternal thickness

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Somewhere, someone is praying for you,
perhaps by name, perhaps in praying for the world;
but even if the latter is true,
the thing about prayer is that it can never be spread too thin:
Somewhere, someone is praying for you.

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