Tag Archives: pain

The messiness of healing

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

The faint of heart will never heal for healing involves pus and discoloration and oozing: pray for the courage to tend the wound © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged addiction, bravery, courage, grief, heal, pain, suffering, surrender, trust | Leave a comment

On the path

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

There is only so far you can get if you never ask for help; that is how it is © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged adventure, burden, hardship, help, journey, pain, surrender, vulnerability | Leave a comment

Motivation

Posted on March 10, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

They emerge: worms in the rain gasping for air breaking through barriers only when suffocating nevertheless: still breaking through © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged anxiety, courage, hardship, pain, resilience, strength, struggle, worms | 2 Comments

Limits

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes the walls are far on the horizon and I run and dance and work late into the night; sometimes the walls pull in and I cannot do what I did before: slow, pained movements; sometimes the walls pull in … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged disease, healing, health, injury, pain | 2 Comments

A note to comfort

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes love takes the long view well beyond your line of sight, but just because you cannot see the end does not mean that all is lost, it simply means you cannot see: keep walking © Meisaan Chan