Tag Archives: self-love

To think that I can be me, just as I am

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

To think that I can be me, just as I am chips and cracks and glories and all is an incredible thought; it’s like that singular moment where, after wearing shackles you freeze in nakedness, disbelieving your freedom and then … Continue reading →

Posted in addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, PTSD, Rumi-esque, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing | Tagged acceptance, compassion, freedom, healing, self-compassion, self-love | 2 Comments

“I’m very sorry, but I need to go”

Posted on September 20, 2019 by Meisaan Chan

Maintaining my equilibrium Meeting my needs Loving myself Being a samurai © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, PTSD, Rumi-esque, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing | Tagged balance, courage, love, moksha, self-care, self-love, wholeness | Leave a comment

When following the leader

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Gentle, gentle am I with you, says the Lord; gentle, gentle are you with you © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged compassion, contemplation, forgiveness, help me, love, meditation, self-love, tenderness | Leave a comment

Shape-shifting soul

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Some people compress it Some let it expand; Some people accept it just as it is Some only after distorting every possible bit © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, compression, distortion, expanse, love, self-hatred, self-love, soul, surrender | Leave a comment

Love/hate gods

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

I The body is God’s temple yet how often it is hated II The body is God’s temple – but note: It is not God – yet how often it is worshiped © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged alter, body, hate, help me, idle, loathing, love, self-love, temple | Leave a comment

When hunger is one of the most important holies

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

You know you are starving and you know that God is food and is precisely in that next feared step: Take it! Follow the food! You are skin and bones! © Meisaan Chan

Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged addiction, body, food, path, self-hatred, self-love, starvation, starving | Leave a comment

Rejecting beauty

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Feminine God, God speaks poetry, Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing | Tagged acceptance, beauty, compassion, help, help me, loathing, radiance, self-love | Leave a comment