Tag Archives: Blessings

THE GIFT OF BREATH

Posted on August 25, 2024 by elainedanforth

When breathdoes not feel like a given. Recallit was not everso much a given,as a gift. The electric spurto the primordial soupthat began it all,even beforebreath as we know it. . . Not a given. It was a gift. Perhaps … Continue reading →

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THE TALLY, GIVE OR TAKE A FEW

Posted on March 30, 2024 by elainedanforth

Take it as it comes. Planwhen and what and where you can. Ask foror offer to lenda hand. And make the best ofthe gnarly stuffthat looks to youlike it MUST bea quite unpleasant jokeor test, as well asthe basicand the … Continue reading →

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THE PASSING OF THE WHITE FLAG MOMENT

Posted on March 4, 2021 by elainedanforth

The momentthat the needto raise that bright white flagbecomes unsure,when suddenly you seethe difficulties lessthan what you thought. . .and the blessings more.

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GRATITUDE EXHUMED

Posted on August 30, 2018 by elainedanforth

Gratitude exhumed, where you thought were only blinding mist and toxic fumes– not for the blessings obvious, those ones for which, you’ve probably done and said your piece, but for those obscured or buried in densely thorned and tangled thickets … Continue reading →

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FOR THE FEAST

Posted on November 25, 2016 by elainedanforth

Loved ones from near and far assemblèd. Hands joined. Blessings said. Mouths, teeth and tongues engaged. Swallows follow. Communal satisfaction waged. Souls and bodies nourishèd.

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THE LOOMING RAIN

Posted on November 16, 2016 by elainedanforth

The rain: it threats, it dots. . . it droughts. . . it raises hopes and fears and doubts. . . Sometimes it overflows and floods in spots. . . It blows, it pours, it comes in spades or scattered … Continue reading →

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PSSST. . . PASS IT ON!

Posted on September 28, 2016 by elainedanforth

Pssssst. . . Friends– Blessings in your courage And courage through your blessings, The places, the people, the processes. . . the knowing, the logic, the intuition, the wild goose guessings. . . Some bring you challenge– some bring you … Continue reading →

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THE SUN COMES UP ANEW

Posted on July 25, 2016 by elainedanforth

When sun comes up and stubborn sleeps you rub out from your eyes, and then, you stretch, your back you scratch. . . and, after a few early breaths, you sigh some long and waking sighs, and make a plan … Continue reading →

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CELEBRATE MORE!

Posted on May 12, 2015 by elainedanforth

Celebrate more of who you are and what you live for. . . Gaze across the land and sky and ocean vast– let deep-drawn tides recall the blessings of your past, as well as eagerness for what you’ve got in … Continue reading →

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COUNT!

Posted on July 19, 2014 by elainedanforth

If what you have or what you do doesn’t seem to count for you, maybe it’s time you spent a sec or two to count how you are blessed, and how much of late and over all the time that … Continue reading →

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