Tag Archives: calm

Anxiety can hit like a squall

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Anxiety can hit like a squallSunny – Devastation – Sunny but the wreckage remains © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, PTSD, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged anxiety, calm, help, help me, meditation, peace | Leave a comment

The promise

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

I will lead you through the fireand bring you to the resting place © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, anxiety, compassion, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Rumi-esque, Scripture riff, writing | Tagged calm, chaos, fire, haiku, help, help me, peace, promise, rest, writing | Leave a comment

Praise feeds in ways that food cannot

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Praise feeds in ways that food cannot; work as you must, but do not neglect to praise © Meisaan Chan

Posted in meditation, Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged busyness, calm, help, meditation, tranquility, work | Leave a comment

My neighbors’ shouting woke me up last night

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

My neighbors’ shouting woke me up last night and so, awake, I stumbled to the bathroom, and upon my return, I was struck by the frame of moonlight-drenched carpet – my window, achingly luminous and through it, there she was, … Continue reading →