Tag Archives: suffering

Bad mornings

Even when bad mornings comethe old Austrian pine still holds the rising sundying branches still lift the light © Meisaan Chan

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Mutuality

Take me deeper, I request of the Lord.I can use anything to bring you deeper, the Lord responds,you will need to agree © Meisaan Chan

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How suffering helps me fling open

The more I cried out to the Lordthe more the Lord rescued memy doors finally open © Meisaan Chan

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Hardship means

God doesn’t necessarily take hardship away,but turns it into a means, not the end © Meisaan Chan

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Parable of the woman who believed all was One

There once was a woman who believed that everything was One and so she stopped caring about suffering or injustice or the desecration of the earth. Instead, she sat on her meditation cushion and listened to the screams coming in … Continue reading

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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

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Things that God cannot resist:

anguish the desire for wisdom the desire for compassion © Meisaan Chan

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Raw materials

You know what to do with suffering – nothing is stronger for creating praise © Meisaan Chan

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Another case for resilience

Suffering propels growth more than comfort; failure teaches more than success © Meisaan Chan

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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

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