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Impeccable spirit

Wind on the water the lake leans east impeccable crumbles of shadow and light impeccable spirit © Meisaan Chan

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Because you’ve relinquished control

When you decide to enter the cove of God expect to be carried away © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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The practice

Maybe this is how Jesus began trying to walk on water, moments before his whoop of joy © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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Water at your ankles

Warm water at your ankles the human talks gently, softly as the sun rises, all is bathed again © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)  

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The parable of the pond

There once was a pond that lay in the middle of a forest. It was a large pond, one that had curves and inlets and hiding places. This pond had areas of fresh, flowing water but also areas where the … Continue reading

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Step in

Ignore anything that is not of me and I will show you who you are; wade deeper, my love be not afraid © Meisaan Chan (Photo credit: National Geographic)

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A bathtub prayer

As I ease into the water, soak into me, relieve my tension-holding; let it ebb out so I can hear your voice so I can hear mine so I can breathe in silence, holding onto nothing © Meisaan Chan

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Forgiveness is not a solid

  Forgiveness is not a solid like a massive granite rock but a liquid, like water in irrigation ditches designed to flow   © Meisaan Chan  

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Seeds

  You do not know which are mine so water them all and watch how they grow: only I am the healthy shoot     © Meisaan Chan

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To give a thank you to God

  To give a thank you to God is to throw a drop of water into the sea; to become a thank you for God is to join the sea       © Meisaan Chan

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