Tag Archives: trust

Love and courage, II

Posted on September 29, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Be courageous: love can come out of mess © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged darkness, love, mess, peace, stillness, trust, turmoil | Leave a comment

A caution about the altar of independence

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

This altar might seem like it doesn’t need sacrifices – that it doesn’t need anything, really – but there is something brittle about it, something cold © Meisaan Chan

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One little light

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

One little light cannot fight the dark; that is why God did not give one little light © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged darkness, hope, joy, light, trust | Leave a comment

Prayer of release

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I do not need more control you have given me enough, and for that which I cannot control another prayer rises as I let go of what does not belong to me © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged bondage, control, freedom, prayer, prison, release, relinquishment, trust | Leave a comment

Futures that never come

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Nighttime obsessing daytime preoccupation life force drains away © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery | Tagged anxiety, comfort, peace, solace, stress, trust, worry | Leave a comment

Surrender and control

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

You cannot control the depth of your surrender you can only control the depth of your control © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged control, love, power, strength, submission, surrender, trust, weakness | Leave a comment

I am afraid of abandonment, I say

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

I am afraid of abandonment, I say, shutting down, going numb: Oh, but wait, you murmur, as you put one foot in my closing door as I let you, hesitantly as your love washes over me © Meisaan Chan

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A tornado prayer

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

When tornadoes strike be my comfort when panic comes be my calm when confusion swirls place me in your earthen safety O Lord, O Lord, O Lord © Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged danger, fortress, help, safety, shelter, tornado, trust | Leave a comment

Outside the tiny box

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, recovery, Spiritual poetry | Tagged beginnings, birth, discomfort, pain, strength, trust | Leave a comment

Holy victory

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Meisaan Chan

Posted in Poetry, Spiritual poetry | Tagged battle, compassion, love, peace, submission, surrender, trust, victory | 1 Comment