Tag Archives: Death

BLOOD AND BREATH

Posted on September 13, 2023 by elainedanforth

Bloodand breathand mudand bones and flesh all could be saidto carry fearand maybe evenpave the wayto death. . . By their very nature,they maywith thisor with that happenstance,quite easily collide,get out of handormake an awful mess. But, Blood and breathand … Continue reading →

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WHAT IS LIFE?

Posted on October 1, 2021 by elainedanforth

What is life?What is death? The breath,when there,or beat of heart,is often sensedas direct sign of spirit. . . but what life is,while somewhat sensedwith eyes and earsand nose and tongueis nothing that resides in those,nor brain, nor heart, nor … Continue reading →

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THE VALUE OF A BREATH

Posted on February 13, 2018 by elainedanforth

One breath is like the picture worth a thousand words. . . Of which, perhaps, you’ve heard. . . The latter snapped or brushed or else some such, can show so very many things in texture, shape, relationship, and living … Continue reading →

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A BIG LIFE FROM A LITTLE DEATH

Posted on February 5, 2017 by elainedanforth

Find, each day, a way to live that means, that when you die a little bit, it’s not a time to fight against, nor to give up– not at once– into your earthly final rest, but a time you will … Continue reading →

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THE GRACE OF BREATH

Posted on December 1, 2016 by elainedanforth

Find a way just to accept the volume and the quality, however it may be, of your one and only breath. For it is crucial from the start the way it feeds you, pleads you “Live!”, the way it moves … Continue reading →

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CURIOSITY– A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

Posted on October 13, 2016 by elainedanforth

“Curiosity killed the cat.’ Gee- who said that? I guess someone from a some big city, and, though the saying’s really pithy, I’ll guess such a one would tend to have an iffy tic of broad verbosity. Sure, choose with … Continue reading →

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HOW YOU DID WHAT MOM AND DAD WOULD HAVE YOU DO

Posted on August 4, 2016 by elainedanforth

To some degree you’ve always done the things for which your dad and mom to have you do had some or other kind of need. To cry, when no one noticed your true hunger or your thirst, or when you … Continue reading →

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LONELY ON THE JOURNEY

Posted on July 13, 2016 by elainedanforth

Loneliness. . . as sad as death, or even more. . . a restlessness, and underlying lack of comfort, while being in this single moment, feeling in this single breath, yearning, thinking that to be in company– with just anyone, … Continue reading →

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PEOPLE DIE IN THEIR OWN WAY

Posted on March 24, 2016 by elainedanforth

People die in their own way– it’s hard to say what gives– especially when you live to see the ones you love shock you and go suddenly, or at the other extremity, you see their mind and body strength painstakingly … Continue reading →

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LIFE BREATH FROM DEATH

Posted on December 10, 2015 by elainedanforth

Savasana– breath through a still, flat body– ready or not– the wondrous way of ocean tides– so that, what looks dead, much like a seed, can still give rise to a full blossomer.

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