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Tag Archives: trial
Handling fire
This is not a game or a hobby, this is my heart afire and you, learning how to handle © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Food addiction, meditation, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged contemplation, fire, help, help me, mastery, meditation, power, surrender, trial
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The spiritual trainer
I am not afraid of fibers tearing, says the Lord that is the only way to strength © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Food addiction, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, burden, journey, pain, sacrifice, spiritual training, strengthening, stress, Tearing, trial
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Heart stuck
Rusted moments immovable fear O Lord, unseize my heart © Meisaan Chan
Samurai litmus test
If you moan about how wisdom comes in fire, if you whine at her hardship, you are not yet a samurai © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Food addiction, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged discipline, endurance, forbearance, hardship, resilience, samurai, trial, wisdom
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Greater than your fear
May your curiosity be greater than your fear © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Photo poem, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adversity, challenge, courage, curiosity, fear, trial, writing
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Understandable refusal
Those who reject death are those who reject transformation are those who reject enlightenment © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged death, enlightenment, hardship, resurrection, transformation, trial
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Switchbacks
When there is a mountain to climb do not expect the straight road © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)
Posted in Food addiction, Photo poem, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged adventure, burden, hardship, journey, path, strength, trial, writing
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Digging in
Digging in to find the joy stubborn, adamant: there must be joy here and then finding it © Meisaan Chan
Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged determination, hardship, joy, resilience, stubbornness, trial, vision
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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 Photo poem, Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged burden, community, hardship, resilience, slow, tenacity, trial, turtle, writing
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