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Tag Archives: grief
The human consolation, I
The maple tree is nakedalmosther last leaves, now browncling tenaciously, a handful on each branch –both a handful of brownand a handful of tenaciousness.I understand, I whisper to themletting go is hard © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, mysticism, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged contemplation, Earth poetry, grief, grieving, journey, love, meditation, peace, stability, surrender, trust, winter
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When all has crumbled
When all has crumbled to powder, turn 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 meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged God speaks poetry, grief, haiku, healing, loss, mindfulness, Spiritual search
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If you cling to old ways
If you cling to old ways you will hurt yourself, says the LordIf you try to control the dance, you will stumble If you open to new ways, you will healIf you surrender to the dance, you will align © … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, coronavirus, grief, grieving, journey, newness
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Give me your dead ends
You must give me your dead endsbefore I can carve new pathsfor your dead ends truly are dead:Owning this is your first step © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, beginning, dead ends, grief, help, help me, journey, path
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Daring Courage
It takes courage to let goof pre-determined endings © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged beginnings, endings, grief, letting go
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Security
Insecure your world is no more: So do not run to the world, run to me © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged grief, help, help me, Insecure, loss, security, transition, unstable
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Do not discard dreams that die
Do not discard dreams that die return them to earth for they keep the soil fertile for new seeds © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged disappointment, dreams, earth, grief, life, resurrection, seeds, sorrow
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Being who you are must involve loss
Being who you are must involve loss acknowledging that you will not be who they want you to be © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged birth, emerging, grief, loss, surrender, transformation, vulnerability
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One way out of wallowing
Yes, it’s muddy and sometimes your face is right in it but don’t lose hold of your curiosity or you might miss it © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
The bittersweetness of moving forward
Deciding to move forward is deciding to leave it behind so do not be surprised should you grieve while walking into the light © Meisaan Chan
Curving toward the center 