Tag Archives: acceptance

Enlightenment

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

And then, finally, when it is attained you see you have attained nothing at all © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, emptiness, enlightenment, eternity, gift, humility, infinity, nothingness, receptivity, subsuming | Leave a comment

Formulas

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Just as there is no formula for God there is no formula for letting go except, perhaps, to accept the fall © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, adventure, fall, falling, fear, humility, journey, submission | Leave a comment

Loving someone

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Loving someone means giving them the choice © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, gift, humility, infinity, loss, love, presence, risk | Leave a comment

Rejecting beauty

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Why reject my beauty, asks the Creator; from my womb I pushed you out and infused you with my beauty © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, beauty, compassion, help, help me, loathing, radiance, self-love | Leave a comment

God cannot resist the soul’s cry

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

It echoes across the universe and permeates the matter of God’s soul; like a mother, God opens and takes in like a father, God howls and defends © Meisaan Chan

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A fly on the wall

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

“They despair that they have not earned my love,” weeps the Lord: “Have they not been listening?” © Meisaan Chan

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Hole creation

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

You can deny a lot of things – I will not begrudge you that – but my love, you are creating holes © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, courage, denial, fear, Holes, trust | Leave a comment

On resisting the panoply of things

Posted on April 18, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

You can go kicking and screaming along your path or you can sling on your backpack and walk it; either way, the distance needs to be crossed © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, adventure, Camino, danger, fear, journey, trust | 3 Comments

A note to the observer

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Humans bring beauty and mess with them wherever they go so if you happen to see a human, expect it: beauty and mess beauty and mess © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Christianity, Poetry, recovery, writing | Tagged acceptance, beauty, humanity, imperfection, mess, perfection | Leave a comment

God is love

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, community, companion, connection, imperfection, love | Leave a comment