Tag Archives: poverty

When the world stops spinning

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

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 Meisaan Chan

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 Meisaan Chan

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 Meisaan Chan

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 Meisaan Chan

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 Meisaan Chan

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 Meisaan Chan

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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First fruits

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Empty self, plucking open-handed golden gift wildly poor, rich   © Meisaan Chan    

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Get picky

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

There’s a lot of not-food out there and so much hunger © Meisaan Chan

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Gifts

Posted on December 26, 2014 by Meisaan Chan

I have nothing of my own to give you I can only nurture your gifts, then re-give; like Mary: you gave her a seed and she gave you a child I own nothing but the gestation © Meisaan Chan  

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