Tag Archives: blindness

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 © Meisaan Chan

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I alone am the doorway to me

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

There are so many voices and each of them will lead you astray from the center of my heart; Some will lead you close some will lead you far away some will take you to the fringes some will be … Continue reading →

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The moment you’re digging in your heels

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

The moment you’re digging in your heels is usually when the door opens © Meisaan Chan

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How you need to look

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Steep mountain trail curls through the forest in an unrelenting ribbon of rock and clay; I go forward, slowly, muscles burning on the climb; when I remember to look up, I see the also unrelenting beauty but some times demand … Continue reading →

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Home to you

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

The path plunges into darkness but I have chosen this path carefully and know its destination so I need not fear my blindness: home to you, home to you in the darkness, step by step I’m traveling home to you … Continue reading →

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In the darkness, the senses shift

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Eyes need light but ears do not; they do not fear the dark © Meisaan Chan

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In the face of hardship or risk or uncertainty

Posted on May 17, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Spend 99% of your energy determining if you are on the right path. When you are, everything else is irrelevant. Just keep going. © Meisaan Chan

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The mutual reaching

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Grope in the darkness until fingertip brushes fingertip: gasp of recognition yelp of joy © Meisaan Chan

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Sight

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes I am beautiful, says the Lord and sometimes I am putrid: Keep watch! Do not be lulled by your images of me, that first step to blindness © Meisaan Chan

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Burdens: A perspective

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

From the perspective of the ant, the mountain is eternal From the perspective of the cosmos, the mountain is less than an atom of an ant © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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