Tag Archives: strength

Do not succumb to the temptation

Posted on December 21, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

Do not succumb to the temptation to shut down in the nightfor deep healing happens herestrange healingsee what isstay alert © Meisaan Chan

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The purpose of strength and healing

Posted on October 28, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

I do not make you strong and anchoredso you can feel superior;I make you strong and anchoredso you can serve I do not heal youso you can feel self-righteous;I heal youso you can serve © Meisaan Chan

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For those who worship strength

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

If you want to be transformedlet your heart break openlet it shatter © Meisaan Chan

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The quiet in the chaos

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

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 Meisaan Chan

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 Meisaan Chan

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 Meisaan Chan

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 Meisaan Chan

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 Meisaan Chan

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 Meisaan Chan

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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