Tag Archives: imperfection

A note to the observer

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Humans bring beauty and mess with them wherever they go so if you happen to see a human, expect it: beauty and mess beauty and mess © Meisaan Chan

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God is love

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Humans have the wondrous tendency to make the simplest things impossible © Meisaan Chan

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Companion-choosing

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Choose your companions for their wisdom and sincerity and compassion but do not look for perfection, that camouflaged destroyer of love © Meisaan Chan

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In the presence of human love

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Relief: You will not try to turn me into a version of yourself! I put down my sword and my own heart opens © Meisaan Chan  

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The meek

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

No real loss comes with imperfection   © Meisaan Chan

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Belief is a cobblestone path

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Belief is a cobblestone path pocked and winding, with many stones missing but still headed toward the center © Meisaan Chan

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A tiny rip in the universe

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I missed my prayer time because I slept instead. Sleep can be a prayer but today I simply didn’t want to go to work, and my spirit of “not going” spread: I didn’t go didn’t show up   © Meisaan Chan … Continue reading →

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Finding the balance

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Balance does not just come: It takes years of sweat and missteps and even still, sometimes you’ll need a hand © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)    

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The dilemma of a recovering perfectionist

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  When I try to perfectly let go of my imperfection, I’ve just missed the point     © Meisaan Chan

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Cry of a perfectionist

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

  “I’m such a mess,” I say. “Delighted,” God says. “That I’m a mess?” I ask. “That you’re moving,” God says.     © Meisaan Chan

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