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Above all

Do not think that I will not guide you keep walking listen obey © Meisaan Chan

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Picking and choosing

You can only accept deepest joy when you decide to accept it all © Meisaan Chan

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In one sense, you come to the end

In one sense, you come to the end In another sense, there is no end © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)

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Holy discipline is necessary for self-love

Holy discipline is necessary for self-love: to walk when you need to walk to rest when you need to rest to run when you need to run to pursue ecstasy when you need to pursue ecstasy to return when you … Continue reading

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No one is going to hand your life to you just as you want it

No one is going to hand your life to you just as you want it – So get up off the floor! Pursue yourself! © Meisaan Chan

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Pilgrimage

I am the destination I am the dirt path I am your shoes © Meisaan Chan

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If heaven is indeed the destination, then I do not want it

If heaven is indeed the destination, then I do not want it: I do not want a golden room with a little bed and a little hand towel – I did not come all this way for that – I want … Continue reading

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You might despair at the interminable path

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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You stop me in my tracks

You stop me in my tracks, O Lord for nothing is more important than listening except following what I hear © Meisaan Chan

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We’re making it out of here alive: yes

We’re making it out of here alive: yes the jaws snapped shut without us death-paths turn to life-paths; we run hand in hand, hearts take to flight © Meisaan Chan  

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