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Tag Archives: tenacity
In training
Sometimes you need to call outand call outand call outnot because God isn’t listeningbut because it is an exercise in tenacitythe next needed skill © Meisaan Chan
Posted in meditation, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged darkness, despair, rescue, salvation, surrender, tenacity, training, trust
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When in hardship
“My life! I can’t believe my life!” I exclaim. “I keep trying to give you the gift of strength,” says the Lord, “but you keep rejecting it.” © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged despair, frustration, hardship, help me, resilience, strength, surrender, tenacity
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Fight
Because growth is never granted, it is earned © Meisaan Chan
On the way to resilience
Do not run from the exercises that make you stronger Look for them! Jump into them! Claim your gift! © Meisaan Chan
An argument for tenacity
Injustice rarely disappears at the first pass; if it did, there’d hardly be any injustice © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged injustice, justice, perserverance, social justice, tenacity
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In the face of hardship or risk or uncertainty
Spend 99% of your energy determining if you are on the right path. When you are, everything else is irrelevant. Just keep going. © Meisaan Chan
Mindful discrepancy
In worldly terms, it can be wise to take the path of least resistance; in spiritual terms, look for that which is narrow © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, courage, ease, flow, hardship, narrow, path, resistance, strength, tenacity
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Increments
The sun does not flounce into the sky with one brilliant leap but slowly crawls up the canvas in its own shifting light – even the most important thing to the earth comes in increments! – so, too, with discipline, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, discipline, earth, hardship, increment, journey, resilience, strength, sun, tenacity, wisdom
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Slow going
Sometimes it’s slow going because the path dissolved; but keep plodding, slow as it is © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged burden, community, hardship, resilience, slow, tenacity, trial, turtle, writing
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If I place my hope in the world
If I place my hope in the world, my hope is origami paper in the rain; If I place my hope in you, my hope is an eternal pathway to an eternal source O God, O God, O God © … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged chaos, despair, eternal, eternity, hope, resilience, source, strength, tenacity, writing
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Curving toward the center 