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Tag Archives: wisdom
The reward and cost
You can choose eternity or the moment;each has its reward, each has its cost © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, depression, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, Spiritual strengthening exercises, spirituality, writing
Tagged discernment, help, help me, wisdom
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Wisdom: Knowing the season
Sometimes death is easier than healingSometimes healing is easier than deathBut careful: It’s not about what is easierbut what is the season © Meisaan Chan
After failure
When you fail, do not go numb or dissolve!Sit up straight! Learn deepest lessons! Class begins! © Meisaan Chan
How invested are you in your ruts!
How invested are you in your ruts!Even the toes in your shoes are gripping! © Meisaan Chan
Holey lessons
You are learning to avoid your holes– not all of them, not yet, but some –and even avoiding these “some” has increased your walk:You are walking faster, farther, with less fatigue © Meisaan Chan
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Food addiction, God speaks poetry, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, Spiritual search, writing
Tagged Holes, journey, learning, lessons, patterns, progress, student, wisdom
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Parable of the woman who worked for good
There once was a woman who worked for good and to stamp out evil, but one day she realized that nothing was pure, and she sat down and cried. She never did anything again. © Meisaan Chan
Posted in contemplation, meditation, Parable, Recovery and healing, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged activism, humility, resilience, spiritual activism, wisdom
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You orient me
You orient mecompass spinslands on north © Meisaan Chan
Parable of the woman and the rut
There once was a woman who walked a dirt, circular path, and she walked it so many times that the path became a rut. After many months and years, she wanted to leave the rut, but each step she took … Continue reading
Wisdom of the trees
Patiencehave patienceas trees know the liminal between the winter and the spring:Still naked, buds not yet revealed –a long way from thereyet a long way to go © Meisaan Chan
Not all the eggs hatched: Duck Spirituality
INot all the eggs hatched.There were two left in the nest.Eggshell fragments were cracked open everywhere on the groundexcept for the two.All the ducks were gone and these two eggs, cold –so much love and effort and no hatching!Not everything … Continue reading
Posted in addiction, anxiety, contemplation, Earth poetry, Food addiction, Haiku/haiku-esque poetry, meditation, Poetry, PTSD, Scripture riff, Spiritual poetry, writing
Tagged acceptance, coronavirus, duck, ducklings, eggs, hardship, loss, survival, wisdom
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