Tag Archives: life

The companion, II

“Please, let me be with you,” I say. “The path includes suffering,” God says. “Then let me suffer with you,” I say. “The path includes loss,” God says. “Then let me be empty with you,” I say. “The path includes … Continue reading

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Just to be with you

Sometimes I need to risk to be with you sometimes I need to lose to be with you sometimes I need to die to be with you and all is well all is well all is well just to be … Continue reading

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Resuscitation

With the writing of my soul, a release: the earth sighs the winds swirl again © Meisaan Chan

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The call to resurrection

Being who you are is a death to who they want you to be: But resurrection! Resurrection! © Meisaan Chan

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Beyond stereotypes

Compassion is not about being nice; compassion is about self-control and using fire to cleanse, not to destroy © Meisaan Chan

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Reframing the point

Obedience is the point at which the most doors open © Meisaan Chan

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Using different vision

Each wave takes such tremendous resilience to withstand but using different vision: the life! The life! © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Rest

Farmland rushes by cornfields cut and quiet relieved of such great responsibility © Meisaan Chan

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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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When the path turns foreign

When the path turns foreign you could despair or you could focus on the life © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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