Tag Archives: stress

Trail post reassurance

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

I’m lost, I say to the trail postNot to me, the trail post replies – Meisaan Chan

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Don’t worry about it, says the Lord

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Don’t worry about it, says the Lord your anxiety is your illness your trust is your health © Meisaan Chan    

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Inner tumult

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

No matter my externals, when I tumult inside I am poor © Meisaan Chan

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The spiritual trainer

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

I am not afraid of fibers tearing, says the Lord that is the only way to strength © Meisaan Chan

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It’s not just about listening, but who you’re listening to

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

You can listen to your anxiety or you can listen to me: we are saying very different things © Meisaan Chan

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Exhaustion burial

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Exhaustion heavy thick layers, cement slowly drying me, crying underneath © Meisaan Chan

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The forgetting

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Rushing through the day trying to get everything done so that nothing falls through the cracks and I’m so focused on this that you do fall © Meisaan Chan

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The impossible prayer

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

When I’m too stressed to pray remind me, this is when I need to pray and may my non-praying be itself a prayer © Meisaan Chan

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The massage prayer

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

O Lord, lay your holy hands on me and through your touch turn this stone back into flesh and as you work may my heart turn warm and supple and my spirit, in a breath, relent © Meisaan Chan

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How hard it is to maintain stillness

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

How hard it is to maintain stillness but that is where all clarity is found © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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