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Tag Archives: suffering
How suffering helps me fling open
The more I cried out to the Lordthe more the Lord rescued memy doors finally open © Meisaan Chan
Hardship means
God doesn’t necessarily take hardship away,but turns it into a means, not the end © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged courage, eternity, hardship, help, help me, infinity, stamina, suffering, vision
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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
Posted in contemplation, Parable, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, Spoken word meditations, writing
Tagged anger, hypocrites, injustice, justice, social justice, suffering
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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
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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