Tag Archives: compassion

Injury’s tell-tale sign

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

If you cannot be compassionate look for the wound © Meisaan Chan

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The faith of wound care

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Since wounds heal from the inside-out, do not be discouraged if you cannot see the progress; keep cleansing keep vigilant keep watch © Meisaan Chan

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Compassion’s necessary two-way street

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Healthy compassion must go both ways, outward and inward: if only outward, you annhiliate the self if only inward, you harden © Meisaan Chan

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The wounds, watched

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Come, come to me, says the Lord – then the healing will proceed as planned then the wounds, watched, will heal © Meisaan Chan

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A different kind of listening

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

I wish you knew just how often I speak to you through your body; perhaps you’d listen to it more, says the Lord © Meisaan Chan

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Playing the martyr v. being a martyr

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

The main difference between them and you is that they choose to fill their hearts with love while you fill yours with resentment © Meisaan Chan

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The promise

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

There is always more compassion, says the Lord: When the well dries up dig deeper © Meisaan Chan

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If you have no car, no bike, no phone, no shoes, nothing that the world values

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

There are so many ways home, says the Lord; come home, dear ones, come home © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Compassion is a muscle

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Compassion is a muscle: the more you use it the stronger it gets the less you use it the more it atrophies © Meisaan Chan

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The Ever-Patient

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

All things fail except for the thing that does not; All breath stops except for the breath that goes on; All beauty draws to a close except for that one beauty enduring; and it waits for us to realize, and … Continue reading →

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