Tag Archives: Balance

THE FOG BURNING OFF

Posted on July 1, 2017 by elainedanforth

OK, it’s Saturday, and the fog is starting to burn off, exposing the part of the world where I live to the greater Universe. Who is watching? Do they have something to say, long, medium or terse, about the big … Continue reading →

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THE SATURDAY CHANCE

Posted on June 10, 2017 by elainedanforth

Saturday A chance to balance this and that, that’s got too much on just one side to weigh. It might mean work, it might mean play, it might mean, that for you well to adjust, take time you must, to … Continue reading →

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BUSY, FREE AND EASY

Posted on January 28, 2017 by elainedanforth

Yes, there’s lots of good in being busy, but too, there is a need, to round it out with spirit food, the kind you only get to eat in the mode of free and easy, to get things done, and … Continue reading →

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BREATHE INTO YOUR PATH

Posted on October 24, 2016 by elainedanforth

Breathe in air into yourself. . . Feel your neck and shoulders melt. . . Breathe better, more, and in a while you will smile for you’ll see not just you but also, all is in its balance in appropriateness … Continue reading →

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OUR LIFE’S PROPELLING CHALLENGE

Posted on August 6, 2016 by elainedanforth

Friends, as our life goes on, grows long, at different points in different ways we’re weak and strong, so different things seem hard or easy. . . Different tastes and different ways into our bodies enter in– What once confused … Continue reading →

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WAY TO ROLL

Posted on April 26, 2016 by elainedanforth

It’s wicked good that you can roll– and even speed– and coast downhill, for that oh so super feel of being freed, which so well tends that deep down yen you seek to feed, when you fully live that thrill– … Continue reading →

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HEALING

Posted on November 10, 2015 by elainedanforth

Healing sometimes takes you by surprise. . . It throws you from your act of balancing that you’ve done long, yourself, your life to compromise. . . and, though that gig was in its own way challenging, the newfound sense … Continue reading →

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THE BEST REMEDY

Posted on August 11, 2015 by elainedanforth

The best remedy the world has got. . . Homemade by me, served hot into my cup, straight from the soapstone pot. . . It helps restore my energy and life to balance, through many different sorts of challenge.

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LIFE– GROWTH AND CONTAINMENT

Posted on May 27, 2015 by elainedanforth

Growth and containment– the path of every life entails both, in some sort of dynamic flow arrangement. . . Connection and proximity both play their roles essentially– but if the mix should sour toward rancidity, resistance rears its too-cramped head, … Continue reading →

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COMPROMISE (AND DON’T!)

Posted on May 7, 2015 by elainedanforth

Compromise is both an overused and an underused principle. Strike a graceful pose to balance you twixt both of those– And, like the soft but thorn-protected rose, you will be invincible.

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