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Tag Archives: imperfection
The prayer of thwarted desires
Interrupted monastery night:First, teens on street wake me up three timesbut worse, my bed,poor and neglected – good for monks but not for funky backsI move to couch, not great but better, at least so I could complete the night.Ah, … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged brokenness, holiness, imperfection, meditation, retreat, silence
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Stumbling around in the dark
The benefit to blindness is that all other senses are finally awake © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged acceptance, blindness, contemplation, courage, faith, imperfection, meditation, trust
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Who said you must have clarity? asks the Lord
Who said you must have clarity? asks the Lord I welcome all those who wander their way home © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged blindness, clarity, help, help me, imperfection, journey, messiness, path, stumbling
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Stumbling words
Sometimes, like now, my words stumble – alleluia, may they stumble into your arms © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged fall, help, help me, imperfection, perfection, stumble
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Flower bouquet, I
At first, I am overwhelmed by beauty I am blinded slowly, though, my eyes adjust and I start to see the subtle illness the subtle death the subtle imperfection and all of this gives me pause for praise, comfort, and … Continue reading
Posted in Earth poetry, Poetry, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged beauty, Buddhism, Buddhist, Click save draft, death, emptiness, flowers, illness, imperfection, impermanence
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Expectations
Lowering your expectations can be healthy for all; lowering them too far can be unhealthy for all © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged expectations, healing, healthy, imperfection, perfection, unhealthy, wound
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Resting in imperfection – a note from Meisaan
Friends, For those of you who have been following along for a couple years, you might notice that over the next weeks, some poems will be repeating. This was due to an error that I made when scheduling these posts. … Continue reading
Even if I am filled with disease, will you please still touch me?
Please, Lord: Even if I am filled with disease, will you please still touch me? I will touch you until you are healed disease cannot repel me I have frenzied love for you © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Rumi, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged disease, healing, imperfection, journey, touch, touching, transcendence, transformation, union, unity
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Considering who’s in charge
If God does not expect perfection in humans why would God expect perfection from religion? © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Christianity, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged belief, imperfection, institutionalized religion, perfection
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