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Tag Archives: lesson
After failure
When you fail, do not go numb or dissolve!Sit up straight! Learn deepest lessons! Class begins! © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, writing
Tagged fail, failure, humility, journey, lesson, wisdom
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Lesson gratitude
Everything now is preparing you for everything later; foolish it would be to reject the lesson © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged chiseling, encouragement, gratitude, hardship, help me, honing, journey, lesson, supplies, wisdom
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Jumping naked
If the lesson is from me, says the Lord, jump into it naked hold nothing back © Meisaan Chan
I do not get what I want
I do not get what I want: subtle teachers hidden lessons © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged fulfillment, help, hunger, lack, lesson, need, provision, teachers, wisdom
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The perpetual lift
Sometimes you protect me from the stupid things I do and other times you expose me, hoping that I learn; both ways are pure compassion, for even when I fall there I am, on the ground and wiser there you … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged compassion, fall, humility, lesson, lift, love, protection, wisdom
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Because the journey and self-knowledge are inextricably linked
You will not know who you are until you try, says the Lord until you succeed until you fail until you grasp until you fall short; for the journey is not about the flawless journey but about how intimate you … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, failure, following, intimacy, journey, lesson, path, self-knowledge, wisdom
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Ubiquitous teaching
If you only learn from wise humans you are missing most of the lessons © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged hardship, lesson, suffering, wisdom
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In order for me to love you – or – Passing it on
God does not demand that we understand all of God’s divinity before opening the doors of love; so, too, I do not demand that you understand all of me © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry
Tagged compassion, journey, lesson, love, mercy, resilience, strength
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Curving toward the center 