The spirituality of submission

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I lay down and lay down and lay down
until finally, my hands are freed:
Please, do whatever you want with me

© Meisaan Chan

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Loss

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

With God, loss is never the end
and might not be a loss

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Spiritual longing: To be as an insect

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Glory to insects:
Long, quivering antennae that listen
to the slightest folding of air;
would that I listen like that to Thee

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Delays

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Stay alert:
God often speaks
through delays

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Priority adjustment

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

I do not care that you succeed
only that you run to me

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When the right tools are out of reach

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

It is a mark of wisdom to know when you don’t have the right tools
and a mark of deeper wisdom to stop and reassess –
and if the world is rushing you, then doing so is not just wisdom, but courage

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The paradox of spiritual power

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

To submit is to claim the depth of power;
to claim all power is to perch, precarious and frail

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A note to the pocked heart

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Compassion fills whatever holes
resentment makes

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The eternal shelter

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Storm after storm rolls over the earth;
again and again you shelter

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Manipulation

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Divisions make more money
than compassion

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