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Tag Archives: patience
The patience for breaking open
I am for you, says the LordI know this is hard to believeI am infinitely patientTake your timeEvery seed needs time to break openbefore it can turn into a tree © Meisaan Chan
Posted in healing, meditation, mental health, mindfulness, Poetry, recovery, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, spirituality, writing
Tagged God speaks poetry, healing, help, help me, humility, journey, meditation, patience, surrender, trust
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Wisdom of the trees
Patiencehave patienceas trees know the liminal between the winter and the spring:Still naked, buds not yet revealed –a long way from thereyet a long way to go © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged endurance, help, help me, patience, spring, winter, wisdom
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Love and efficiency
At times, love can be exceptionally languorous which efficiency can strangle © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged delicacy, efficiency, inefficiency, love, patience, slow down, time
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The journey is not made in one leap
The journey is not made in one leap and neither in one bright flash, your heart’s enlightenment so why such impatience, then, with yourself, with the path? © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, enlightenment, impatience, journey, patience
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Delays
Stay alert: God often speaks through delays © Meisaan Chan
The sacrifice
A friendship needs to wait until both are ready; when one is ready, that is not good enough © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged compassion, friends, friendship, mutuality, patience, sacrifice
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Litmus test
A more tender heart toward your enemies? You are on the right path © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged compassion, enemies, forbearance, forgiveness, growth, heart, humility, journey, path, patience, power, tender
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The dance
I wait upon the Lord to act and then the Lord does and waits for me to act and then I do and wait upon the Lord to act © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, writing
Tagged communication, dance, exchange, interaction, patience, receptivity
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Illness
Sick nights foggy days clouds pass by © Meisaan Chan
Scar vigilance
Sometimes the scar is sensitive healed, but sensitive and carefully, you need to mind it © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged healing, humility, patience, scar, self-care, sensitivity
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Curving toward the center 