Tag Archives: courage

Do not companion the chaos

It will get worse, says the Lord: Walk with me, do not companion the chaos © Meisaan Chan

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You’re not done yet

Just when you think you’re done just when you want to celebrate the path long trod you notice that the path now obscured and faint, curves around a bend: You’re not done yet © Meisaan Chan

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The case not to choose the mountain

You are an ant and your fears are a mountain but I am the universe and even beyond – a mountain is dust of the dust © Meisaan Chan

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Similarities to spirit

Flesh, like spirit, is a wondrous thing, says the Lord: It starts weak and becomes strong only when you work © Meisaan Chan

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Why tremble in the dark?

Dark, dark is the night but why tremble? asks the Lord; Everywhere am I – when you accept this, you accept my power © Meisaan Chan

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May I not leave this earth kicking and screaming

May I not leave this earth kicking and screaming May I not leave this earth cowering in fear: Instead, head held high, satisfied with how I lived my lended time May I sing as I cross the threshold © Meisaan … Continue reading

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Do not be who you are not, says the Lord

Do not be who you are not, says the Lord; if you do, we cannot be very close for your mask will be in the way © Meisaan Chan

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Needing you

The door appears: Starving, I step through meeting you © Meisaan Chan  

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One facet

All that you know of me is but one facet, says the Lord; one slight turn and all is foreign, yet still I © Meisaan Chan

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Stumbling around in the dark

The benefit to blindness is that all other senses are finally awake © Meisaan Chan

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