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Tag Archives: despair
Overflowing help in the wasteland
Over and over I confronted the wastelandand over and over I screamed to you for help –not once did you fail or even delay,deluge of rescue, salvation, and supportpoured into my lappoured until I could no longer holdpoured until flowing … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged coronavirus, despair, help, help me, screaming, surrender, wasteland
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The scream for existential help is the scream for transcendence
The more I screamed to Godthe more God rescued;the more I lostthe more God revealed its face It is not easy to scream for existential helpbut it is the scream for transcendencethat God makes a path where there is none … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged anxiety, despair, help, scream, surrender
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When all is crumbled to powder
When all is crumbled to powderturn to me, says the Lordand I will show you:From powder, clayfrom clay, sculpture –last breath gonebut fear not, for that was your breathand now I give you mine © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Feminine God, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Rumi-esque, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged coronavirus, despair, devestation, help, help me
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A soothing, comforting spoken word meditation: “Beloved”
Here is a beautiful, emotional spoken word meditation from the voice of God/Higher Power to the listener: for those who are despairing, when you’ve lost everything and hope is gone. May this meditation deepen your prayer, spiritual journey, and provide … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, meditation, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, Spiritual strengthening exercises, Spoken word meditations, Video, writing
Tagged Buddhism, comforting, despair, grounding, help, help me, meditation, rescue, soothing
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When in hardship
“My life! I can’t believe my life!” I exclaim. “I keep trying to give you the gift of strength,” says the Lord, “but you keep rejecting it.” © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged despair, frustration, hardship, help me, resilience, strength, surrender, tenacity
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The depth of the path
Long, long is the road so fill up your water bottle and get your good boots: the best of the journey is for those who are ready to journey ecstasy, despair – nothing excluded the depth of the path covers … Continue reading
Posted in God speaks poetry, Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, despair, ecstasy, hardship, journey, joy, loss, struggle
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Holes
I thought I knew what a hole was but then you left © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged absence, darkness, despair, help, help me, hole, intimacy, loss
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Siblings
Courage is always anchored Despair is always unanchored © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anchor, courage, despair, faith, hope, strength, trust
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The darkness is easy to dispel, says the Lord
The darkness is easy to dispel, says the Lord: one little light and it is gone – but the shadows! The shadows! © Meisaan Chan
Posted in God speaks poetry, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged courage, darkness, despair, hope, justice, light, struggle, vision
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You might despair at the interminable path
You might despair at the interminable path but the stones have been laid by your spiritual ancestors knowing your feet would come © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in addiction, Earth poetry, Food addiction, Photo poem, Poetry, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged ancestors, burden, community, despair, hardship, journey, loneliness, path, writing
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