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Tag Archives: rest
Surfacing peace
Quiet, quiet, O my soul: The thunder rumbles off in the distance and the winds are settling down, the trial has passed and safety rises to the surface: Hush, hush, rest © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged arms, rest, safety, shelter, storm, tenderness, thunder, winds
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Homecoming
Welcome home, dear one! How long I’ve waited to hear your footsteps across the threshold; come, let me give you rest let me give you solace let me give you nourishment, for the journey is far from over, even when … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, eternity, food, help, home, infinity, journey, nourishment, rest, solace
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Homecoming
How glorious it is to know the names of the trees and streets and birds singing, where the feet can find the way home without asking and do © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged destination, grounding, home, homecoming, house, journey, path, rest
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The insomnia prayer
God of counted minutes circle me back home to you © Meisaan Chan
Trying to give it to you
I lift up my weariness heavy and dense muscles shake with the lifting © Meisaan Chan
Direct connection
You cannot acknowledge the mind-body-spirit connection and not acknowledge the importance of sleep © Meisaan Chan
Posted in recovery, writing
Tagged body, connection, meditation, mind, rest, sleep, spirit
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The secret place
Go, hide in your secret place Go and be nourished © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: Twisted Sifter)
Getting out of the rut
I will give you times for rest, says the Lord but how you often pass over my gift for the rut © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged busyness, chaos, gift, meditation, rest, rut, sleep
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Rest
Farmland rushes by cornfields cut and quiet relieved of such great responsibility © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged countryside, death, farm, life, quiet, rest, silence, train
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Curving toward the center 