Tag Archives: connection

Where you are connected makes all the difference

I move the candle to the shadows so its flame is better seen:The shadow means nothing to the flame becausethe flame is connected to the wick, not to the shadow;the light means nothing to the flame becausethe flame is connected … Continue reading

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When someone is upset at you

When someone is upset at you, receive their distress: Right and wrong intertwine, so let go of them! Focus instead on closer and further apart © Meisaan Chan

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Irreversible welding

Weld me to you and may it be irreversible, I cry to the Lord. I can do the first, but only you can do the second, the Lord says to me. © Meisaan Chan

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Nothing is not connected

Nothing is not connected healing feeds all resentment poisons all © Meisaan Chan

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The end of aimlessness

When I, alone, drift through the cosmos, tether me to your heart; may I trust in the strength of its hold on me and watch as the tether pulls taught © Meisaan Chan  

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Direct connection

You cannot acknowledge the mind-body-spirit connection and not acknowledge the importance of sleep © Meisaan Chan

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God is love

Humans have the wondrous tendency to make the simplest things impossible © Meisaan Chan

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Approaching as close as we allow

Hijabbed woman next to me, reading morning prayer silent teen across from me, eyes closed hunched man engrossed by his indefatigable phone: All the ways we enter our days all the ways you enter them with us approaching as close … Continue reading

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Togetherness

The dark is thick so stick together don’t go through the night alone © Meisaan Chan   (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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The mutual bleeding

I have hurt you and in hurting you, I bleed © Meisaan Chan

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