Tag Archives: Discern

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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WHEN YOU CANNOT STOMACH LIFE

Posted on November 12, 2016 by elainedanforth

When the world seems unkind, and you feel there is no way to stomach life, it’s time another path to find, and apply, (so you absorb), some organs of a different sort– See with keen, but soft, kind eyes, discern … Continue reading →

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KNOWING THE BETTER PART OF VALOR

Posted on December 18, 2014 by elainedanforth

Does the better part of valor call for patience? The kind that waits, and wise, holds back, when every being fiber bawls silent, in insatience? Or does it call for yet another crack at that endeavor that may require an … Continue reading →

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A BAFFLING CROSSROADS

Posted on June 4, 2014 by elainedanforth

Amazed at a baffling crossroads, long I stand. . . While this was well foreseen, picking my next direction hereon in was not– could never have been– planned. . . a flat path or down-rolling road might seem to let … Continue reading →

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