Tag Archives: tranquility

A quiet “thank you” prayer

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Meisaan Chan

Thank you, God, for gentle sunlightat soft angles to the earthso the shadows lean long and slowso the quiet settles, also, into me © Meisaan Chan

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The resting place of tranquil repose

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Meisaan Chan

The chaos pushes deep and broadbut I am deeper and broader, says the Lord;to find the resting place of tranquil reposego to the deepergo to the broader © Meisaan Chan

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Praise feeds in ways that food cannot

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Meisaan Chan

Praise feeds in ways that food cannot; work as you must, but do not neglect to praise © Meisaan Chan

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Fireplace

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Sparks of light in the darkness darkness deep flecks of light, rising In the darkness, the slow-burning fire then the snapping, then the light pouring out, tumbling upwards in an otherworldly lightfall © Meisaan Chan

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Internal stillness

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Not even the sound of water: shafts of light frozen in the sky © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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In the darkness we come

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

In the darkness we come just for the chance to sit at your feet and be absorbed in the darkness and be absorbed in the light © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Go out to the edge of the lake

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Go, row out to the edge of the lake go out with your little light and behold the light you cannot make not one, nor a million’s million © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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The decision to act upon what you know

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

You know your ways into tranquility, says the Lord and you know your ways into chaos I am the way in I am the way out: this, too, you know © Meisaan Chan

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When I finally still the onslaught of voices

Posted on September 25, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

When I finally still the onslaught of voices I feel the heart as you made it to be: vast, cavernous, calm, waiting © Meisaan Chan

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