Tag Archives: control

Trying so hard to make things happen

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Pushing at left hind leg of elephant: futile struggle, no movement © Meisaan Chan

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Prayer of release

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I do not need more control you have given me enough, and for that which I cannot control another prayer rises as I let go of what does not belong to me © Meisaan Chan

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Incredible strength

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

It takes incredible strength to plan without grasping © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged control, courage, grasping, relinquishment, strength | 2 Comments

Missing the mark

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

How I yearn to have control but having control is not the point © Meisaan Chan

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Surrender and control

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

You cannot control the depth of your surrender you can only control the depth of your control © Meisaan Chan

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The path of emptiness

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Let go of suffering – what are you to do with it? Let go of joy – what are you to do with it? For you will not lose what you think you will lose and you will not gain … Continue reading →

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The opening

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I will come to you most strongly when you decide to come to me for that is when your heavy door opens © Meisaan Chan

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The wound denied

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged bondage, brokenness, control, dependence, freedom, humility, wound | Leave a comment

God wants

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I do not want your money or your reverence or you prayers: I want your worries and your power and your control – Pour yourself out! Dance through the eye of a needle! © Meisaan Chan

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So much strength

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry | Tagged control, gentleness, self-control, strength | Leave a comment