Tag Archives: vulnerability

Because they can spot it from a mile away

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

The people you want to impress might not even be looking! Fear not being invisible fear being inauthentic © Meisaan Chan

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Ditto

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

“I just want you to love me for who I am, not for what I do,” I say to the Lord. “Ditto,” the Lord says to me. © Meisaan Chan

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Another case for fostering courage

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes you don’t need the hand-holding as much as you thought, or the crutches or the safeguards – but without courage, you’ll never know © Meisaan Chan

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Intimacy

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

It is easy to be naked in flesh and nearly insurmountable to be naked in mind © Meisaan Chan

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Please take off your armor

Posted on July 18, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

“Please take off your armor,” God says. “I’m not wearing any,” I say. “Can you feel my touch?” God asks gently. I pause. “No,” I say. “If you want to feel my touch, please take off your armor,” God says. … Continue reading →

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Before the fury of the day: The five-minute prayer

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

I have five minutes to love you as I wish and the rest of the day to love you as you wish © Meisaan Chan

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Doorway to God

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

To ask for and accept help is to walk through the eye of a needle, which cannot be done without help © Meisaan Chan

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The open-handed cry

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

When you cry out for help make sure you let go of your definition of help © Meisaan Chan

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In gratitude

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

All the ways you love me! I give you my most costly gift: I unlock another door © Meisaan Chan

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One path of the feminine

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

allows God to pursue and then to woo and then she deliberates and weighs, and ponders, and tests and then she decides upon the yes and the yes and the yes and the yes, opening the gates of her garden; … Continue reading →

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