Tag Archives: weakness

Wisdom knows

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Wisdom knows when showing weakness is strength © Meisaan Chan

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The cement pourer

Posted on August 9, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

When the path crumbles beneath your feet, take hope for God can put dust back together © Meisaan Chan

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Sadness, O sadness

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Sadness, O sadness the sun sags in the sky tugged down by its own weight © Meisaan Chan

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The choice

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

No one can make you resilient; you must do it yourself © Meisaan Chan

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The way out

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

claim your emptiness claim your helplessness claim me © Meisaan Chan

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The undiscerning moment

Posted on May 16, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

Without food or touch the spirit falls to sleep, hibernating until more favorable conditions appear – if these don’t come, the spirit can sleep forever but the slightest scent arouses voracious hunger; this is the most precarious time, for it … Continue reading →

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The limits of resilience

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Meisaan Chan

It doesn’t matter how thick or dense is the wood if it is exposed to fire long enough it will burn turn to ash © Meisaan Chan

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The end

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

O God my help, at first I flounder but my screaming ends in you so I follow my screaming to its end © Meisaan Chan

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Protector

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes I thwart my own happiness and am the foil for my own plans; O Lord, hear me: place me in your eternal womb; protect me from myself and my potential harm © Meisaan Chan

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The plea

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Meisaan Chan

Sometimes life stretches out in one, great, unhurried expanse like the slow, rolling hills of Nebraska; sometimes it crumples together, dense and rugged and I constantly lose my footing; however the path unfolds before me, please keep me on the … Continue reading →

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