Tag Archives: suffering
When in hardship
When in hardship, so often you want to become even harder than the hardship when the path is asking you to break open © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anger, anger management, compassion, hardship, rage, suffering, surrender
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Things that God cannot resist:
anguish the desire for wisdom the desire for compassion © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged anguish, compassion, healing, love, suffering, wisdom
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Another case for resilience
Suffering propels growth more than comfort; failure teaches more than success © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged comfort, failure, help me, resilience, success, suffering
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The helper
I tried to carry your burden and I fell, crushed I gave your burden to God and all is held © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged burden, companion, friendship, help, helper, suffering
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The path of emptiness
Let go of suffering – what are you to do with it? Let go of joy – what are you to do with it? For you will not lose what you think you will lose and you will not gain … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged Buddhism, gain, grasping, joy, loss, poverty, suffering, surrender
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Inner hostility
Inner hostility weeps for tenderness, wants to reach out and thinks it can’t © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, Food addiction, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged fear, Hostility, loneliness, oppression, silent, suffering, tenderness
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