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Tag Archives: hardship
Bad mornings
Even when bad mornings comethe old Austrian pine still holds the rising sundying branches still lift the light © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged anxiety, contemplation, depression, Earth poetry, hardship, healing, help, help me, hope, love, meditation, suffering
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The everything
Cross the desert, says the LordI am too weak, I sayI am your strength, the Lord replies Cross the desert, says the LordI have no supplies, I sayI am your supplies, the Lord replies Cross the desert, says the LordI … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged adventure, anxiety, contemplation, depression, God speaks poetry, hardship, help, help me, journey, mindfulness, recovery, trust
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The blessing of turmoil
In deep turmoileyes locked on God In easeeyes wander © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged hardship, help, help me, PTSD, recovery, spirit, Spiritual poetry
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Vision
When I am pushed to the maxhelp me handle myself carefully, tenderly, delicately:Help me discern who also willand who won’t © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged discernment, friendship, hardship, help, help me, vision
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Your trail
Your trail is marked by blood and joy.Your trail is marked by blood and joy. © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged blood, hardship, help, help me, joy, multiplicity, unity
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Be not afraid of brokenness
Be not afraid of brokennessas a duckling emerges from the shell knows:Brokenness means lifeBrokenness means growthBrokenness means hopeBrokenness means beginnings 6/16/2020
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged brokenness, hardship, help, help me, starting over, struggle
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When in hardship, remember your tools
Remember your tools, says the Lordhard-earned, well-keptBring them out again Dusty tools in back of shedstill work; shine them upand use © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged chaos, coronacalming, coronavirus, depression, hardship, spiritual journey, spiritual tools, tools
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Not all the eggs hatched: Duck Spirituality
INot all the eggs hatched.There were two left in the nest.Eggshell fragments were cracked open everywhere on the groundexcept for the two.All the ducks were gone and these two eggs, cold –so much love and effort and no hatching!Not everything … Continue reading
Posted in meditation, Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged acceptance, coronavirus, duck, ducklings, eggs, hardship, loss, survival, wisdom
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Hardship means
God doesn’t necessarily take hardship away,but turns it into a means, not the end © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged courage, eternity, hardship, help, help me, infinity, stamina, suffering, vision
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From start to finish, love
From start to finish, love.If there is a speck of loveengage that speck, encourage it to grow;if it does not, then gently lay it down –do not anger, do not shame it, do not press it on,handle it with tender … Continue reading
Posted in Scripture riff, writing
Tagged comfort, compassion, hardship, help, help me, love
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Curving toward the center 