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Tag Archives: joy
In this new world
For the first time since nearly the beginning of time – this new world, that is – I slept until the alarm. Like my old life, I negotiated with God and hit the snooze. What a simple gesture – hitting … Continue reading
A movement prayer during times of instability
Friends, Here is a movement prayer that has kept me grounded during tumultuous times. Feel free to slow it down however much you need, taking your time to really feel that mind/body/spirit fusion in each line and movement. If you … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, Listening prayer-meditation, meditation, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual search, Video
Tagged anchor, anxiety, contemplation, grounding, help, help me, joy, meditation, movement, prayer
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Sources
Healthy joy points back to Godunhealthy joy points back to anywhere else.Stay awake: One turn into the other© Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, Listening prayer-meditation, meditation, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual search
Tagged awake, awareness, balance, healthy, joy, source, unhealthy
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Glowing with sun
After three days of rain the grasses glow with sun and astonished, we look up © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Earth poetry, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged astonishment, contemplation, joy, meditation, Michigan, rain, spirituality, sun, surprise, union
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You are so beautiful
You are so beautiful, my love, says the Lord and the ways you struggle to love me make me love you more a miracle – that Infinity can love you more! – That is what you do to me © … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged abundance, eternity, infinity, joy, love, Spiritual search, union
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Saturated with God
I enter this world empty-handed and empty-handed I leave it saturated with God © Meisaan Chan
Posted in anxiety, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, Poetry, Recovery and healing, writing
Tagged emptiness, joy, oneness, saturation, selflessness, spirit, union
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Mutuality, again
How I missed you! I say to the Lord How I missed you! the Lord says to me © Meisaan Chan
Posted in God speaks poetry, Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged joy, loneliness, return, searching, union
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The resting prayer
You bring me back to my joy, O Lord resting in you, letting my mind wander while being held in your arms letting you finger the curls of my hair letting you tenderly kiss the nape of my neck, your … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged comfort, intimacy, joy, rest, resting, union, vulnerability, wholeness
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The path of emptiness
Let go of suffering – what are you to do with it? Let go of joy – what are you to do with it? For you will not lose what you think you will lose and you will not gain … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Buddhism, gain, grasping, joy, loss, poverty, suffering, surrender
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Another reason to leave space in your soul
Joy expands to fit the size of its container © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged container, contemplation, joy, meditation, soul, space, spaciousness, transcendence
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