Tag Archives: hardship

Strength in the storm

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

When all is crisis turn first to me: bow and prostrate and pray – do this not for me, but for you, O fragile heart for you to remember your core © Meisaan Chan

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Compassion is a muscle

Posted on October 4, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Compassion is a muscle: the more you use it the stronger it gets the less you use it the more it atrophies © Meisaan Chan

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Infinite opportunities

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Do not worry if the opportunity passes; I am the God of infinite opportunities © Meisaan Chan

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When life is thick with difficulty

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

When life is thick with difficulty do not forget my house, says the Lord: I throw open my doors for the poor When life is so thick with difficulty you don’t even have to make it to my house: lo, … Continue reading →

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You might despair at the interminable path

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

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)

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Always and forever

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

No one said the path would become this foreign and yet still, you go before me © Meisaan Chan (Photo Credit: National Geographic)

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Tenacity’s nature

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Tenacity deepens not with hardship but with rounds of hardship © Meisaan Chan

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The bypassing

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes I grow fat with love sometimes the times are lean: free me from all this and connect me to that umbilical cord which bypasses famine, drought, delight © Meisaan Chan

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Forged

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Comfort never brings with it tenacity courage resilience strength: Only hardship can do this © Meisaan Chan

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Impermanence

Posted on May 25, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The forest will never die, say the trees The desert will never relent, says the sand © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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