Tag Archives: poverty

When the world stops spinning

Posted on April 30, 2019 by

When the world stops spinningand you and I meet at lastI, in deficit, without shoes and starvingYou, abundant:Finally, in stillness,I accept what you’ve been trying to give © Meisaan Chan

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The prayer of the pipe

Posted on July 11, 2018 by

My power is in my emptiness My humility is in my emptiness May I empty onto empty, O Lord © Meisaan Chan

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The path of emptiness

Posted on May 10, 2018 by

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 →

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Poor in spirit

Posted on September 12, 2017 by

I belong because you are I journey because you are I hope because you are I am because you are © Meisaan Chan

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Rejecting them all

Posted on March 7, 2017 by

All the possible alternatives to your plan – I want none of them! Dust and refuse! © Meisaan Chan

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If you have no car, no bike, no phone, no shoes, nothing that the world values

Posted on October 18, 2016 by

There are so many ways home, says the Lord; come home, dear ones, come home © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)  

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If they take it all away

Posted on March 20, 2015 by

If they take it all away and all my kingdoms fall I’ll have nothing left to look at but you If they take it all away and I run to you you will show me that they didn’t © Meisaan Chan

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