Tag Archives: Effort

YOU NEVER KNOW

Posted on September 4, 2024 by elainedanforth

The body can go fast. It can go high. But, of course, I never knowjust how much,unless I put it to the test– Unless I try. And when I do,sometimes I’m blueabout the ways in wishat some given momentit does … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Effort, Growing, Learning, Mind Body | Leave a comment

SEARCHING FOR THE MOTHER LODE

Posted on February 15, 2019 by elainedanforth

You’re on the road and searching for that vein known as the Mother Lode. . . And, if its hid vicinity you find, and the gold has not yet all been mined, a freezing river you must enter with a … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Effort, Gold, Journey, Mining, Mother Lode, Search | Leave a comment

ENOUGH?

Posted on February 2, 2018 by elainedanforth

You wring your hands as you take to understand that your best efforts aren’t enough. Temptations calls– “Why not give up?” Breathe deep don’t hold, nor let explode the dearest, most essential you with noisy puff. . . Seek down … Continue reading →

Posted in Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Breathe, Effort, Enough, Essence, Feeling, Giving up, Readjust, Self-Knowledge, Temptation | 2 Comments

TO HEAVE AND TO HAVE

Posted on January 11, 2018 by elainedanforth

Heave? Yeah, sometimes, you gotta heave. More so than maybe you’d like to believe. But, already, without any further effort, notice you already have. Yes, have. Just have. Notice how it feels to have persons, places, things, all while the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Appreciation, Benefit, Effort, Feelings, Have your back, Having, Lack, Looking, Noticing, Want, World | Leave a comment

YOU LOST AND FOUND

Posted on August 11, 2016 by elainedanforth

It is too easy just to lose yourself in mere illusion– until warm, breezy, bright reality comes to delight, when you finally release the might you’ve so long used to shore you up and block your sight against its clear, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Benevolence, Effort, Found, Illusion, Letting Go, Light, Lost, Reality, Release, Self-discovery | Leave a comment

SITTING PENSIVE AT THE EDGE

Posted on March 28, 2016 by elainedanforth

Sitting pensive at the edge. . . Judging just how of your comfort and your effort it would be expensive to leave, and thus bereave yourself of your firm footing (or was that merely seating?) on this very cozy ledge. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems), Poetry | Tagged Be the change, Body Mind, Comfort, Comfort Zone, Confidence, Dare, Diving in, Effort, Exchange, Give and take, Gravity, Heart, Life, Love, Risk | Leave a comment

THE START OF GREAT ENDEAVORS

Posted on March 4, 2016 by elainedanforth

Great endeavors sometimes start when comes some yearning from the heart that sets its beat on learning just how to get those wheels turning on some road to making things just a wee bit better.

Posted in Poetry, Quick reads | Tagged Beginning, Effort, Endeavor, Heart, Intention, Life, Purpose, Start, Wish, Yearning | Leave a comment

RINGING IN GOOD HABITS

Posted on June 27, 2015 by elainedanforth

You wish new habits that can ring the trueness of your life right in, a time more lovingly aligned with your whole being, heart and mind. . . First, think a bit. . . then pick some thing you think … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetic Musing (Longer Poems) | Tagged Effort, Gifts, Habit, Life, Love, Magic, Perseverance, Revel, Ringing in the new, Work | Leave a comment

NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD GALS

Posted on May 5, 2015 by elainedanforth

Now is the time for all good gals to come to the aid of our bodies. . . Time to commit to become your dream incarnate, and leave behind the wobbly effort whose fruits have proved a little shoddy, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Medium Length Poems, Poetry | Tagged Body, Clothing, Commitment, Delight, Determination, Effort, Feeling, Gals, Girls, Mind, Mind Body, Now is the time for all good. . ., Satisfaction, Shield, Spit, Wind, Women | Leave a comment

A CLEAR FOCUS

Posted on February 2, 2015 by elainedanforth

Sometimes, when you are trying to be effective at a certain task, and unrelated things nag at the periphery (or center) of your dense gray mass, it’s best that you just let them pass, and tell yourself, with gentle firmness, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Prayer, Quick reads | Tagged Anyhow, Center, Clarity, Clear, Dense, Determination, Don't look now, Effective, Effort, Feeling, Firm, Focus, Gentle, Gray, Gray Matter, Important, Later, Let it pass, Mass, Mind Body, Opening, Pass, Peace, Periphery, Poetry, Quick Reads, Task, Thought, Trying, Unrelated | Leave a comment