Tag Archives: Mind

THE BENDING OF A WRIST

Posted on August 20, 2023 by elainedanforth

The waking of a self,a full grown,slower, but still growing thing,in the same vesselwhere once did dwella very often smiling, playful,happy little elf. The waking of a bodyto greet the bright late summer sunflooding through the nearest windows,inviting oneto choose … Continue reading →

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HANDS TOGETHER SATURDAY

Posted on July 28, 2018 by elainedanforth

Hands together Saturday. . . a wish, a plea to find a way to do much more than just take air. Here’s me. . . Here are some chores– +++++here are some dreams ++++++++++to do, to seek, to find, to … Continue reading →

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LIFE GOES ON– WITH A MIND OF ITS OWN

Posted on April 25, 2018 by elainedanforth

Life goes on with a mind of its own but it doesn’t always tell you what it’s thinking. Unless you listen. And look and smell and taste and feel. You might miss much (or not) by blinking. For, even with … Continue reading →

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THE SPACE THE UNIVERSE HAS SHAPED FOR YOU

Posted on March 22, 2018 by elainedanforth

Your task is to fill up the space the universe has shaped for you. Yes, there is that solid place twixt flesh and blood and bones and skin that delineates a thing that everyone agrees is you. But that’s just … Continue reading →

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MIND, BODY, SPIRIT– STRONG AND WEAK

Posted on October 20, 2017 by elainedanforth

The flesh is weak the flesh is strong many pleasures does it seek which wear it down and build it up, the wish of meek may add to others till the list is very long. . . The mind is … Continue reading →

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LIFE NOT PENDING

Posted on June 14, 2017 by elainedanforth

One special thing to know of life– it’s really never pending– beats of the heart, breath after breath, or even if these for a short while should chance to stop, while we yet on this Earth still walk, to the … Continue reading →

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WHEN HEAVY THINGS DO WEIGH YOU DOWN

Posted on March 22, 2017 by elainedanforth

When heavy things do weigh you down, go blog it. But soon, one day, if you keep on too long that way, lightning may strike right in your way, and you really must unplug it. That kind of connectivity in … Continue reading →

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THEN AND NOW– THE WAY OF THE WORLD

Posted on March 17, 2017 by elainedanforth

We have things now, gadgets, stuff, waxy plastic paper cups, and wonderful machines, for which, once, there was no knowing or know-how to fit them in our hand or cuff– or rashly make or think them up– not even in … Continue reading →

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POEM IN A WINK

Posted on February 2, 2017 by elainedanforth

Quick as a wink, words spill on a page– so fast, I might miss how they there get arranged, if I blink. Thoughts and blips from my mind and my blood and my heart and my bones and my guts … 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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