Tag Archives: strength

The quiet in the chaos

Posted on April 16, 2020 by

Into the darkness we goas one heart, as a heart of nations, as a heart of worldstumbling and fearing and hopingfighting and growing and rejoicingchaos on top of chaos, it seems:But there is a quiet thing hereand it is growing, … Continue reading →

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Strange coronavirus gratitude

Posted on March 25, 2020 by

What a strange time to be alive.We are a snow globe, shaken hard:In the blizzard but anchoredand eventually the snow will settle –that is why the tiny world is glued down,meant to withstand hard shaking © Meisaan Chan

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When unbalanced

Posted on October 17, 2019 by

Everything that doesn’t matter takes up so much space! – So you cannot see what does © Meisaan Chan

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Strength and fragility

Posted on July 31, 2019 by

All people carry strength and fragility, which many hold in disproportion: To abjure your strength is to dwell in false smallness. To abjure your weakness is to dwell in delusions of self-God. Both are false. Blessed are they who claim … Continue reading →

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I wither without you

Posted on July 9, 2019 by

I wither without you my firmest ground falls from beneath me should you turn but one thought away all strength is dust, flung to the wind I wither without you © Meisaan Chan

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For you, for them

Posted on June 11, 2019 by

It is an act of compassion to let someone be who they are –the struggle to change someone can be violent © Meisaan Chan

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You’re not done yet

Posted on March 21, 2019 by

Just when you think you’re done just when you want to celebrate the path long trod you notice that the path now obscured and faint, curves around a bend: You’re not done yet © Meisaan Chan

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The slow return to strength

Posted on February 27, 2019 by

Putting down the fury and the self-righteousness and the vengeance and the victimhood, putting the cool compress of compassion to my forehead, that I do not grow yet weaker © Meisaan Chan

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Don’t ignore yourself any longer, says the Lord

Posted on February 22, 2019 by

Don’t ignore yourself any longer, says the Lord – Voice your wishes, your desires: I am the Voice so that you can remember yours © Meisaan Chan

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Observing and the path

Posted on February 8, 2019 by

You’re starting to observe yourself and better yet, observe yourself observe this is the path of wisdom this is the path of strength © Meisaan Chan

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